Cowless cheese is a reality

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Beeld: Those Vegan Cowboys

Those Vegan Cowboys managed to make casein with precision fermentation.

Those Vegan Cowboys has made their first cow-free cheese. Through precision fermentation, they managed to make different types of casein. Casein is the key ingredient in cheese, the unique protein that gives cheese its structure and which, until now, could only be produced by animals. Using the fermented casein, the team made their first coin-sized cheese.

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