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Bacon-Flavored Health Food Has Arrived

posted by takyon on Friday July 17 2015, @11:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the bacon-is-natural dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Scientists are currently cultivating a marine plant that's packed with more nutrients than the trendy green superfood kale. And it naturally tastes like bacon.

Bacon-flavored crackers. Bacon-flavored salad dressing. These are just two of the savory treats that have been created so far using the domesticated strain of dulse (Palmaria palmata), a kind of red algae, or seaweed, that typically grows in the waters along northern Pacific and Atlantic coastlines.

I wonder if this will pass muster with my kosher- and halal-observing friends.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday July 17 2015, @01:39PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday July 17 2015, @01:39PM (#210416) Journal

    http://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/summer-2015/next-big-thing-sea-vegetables [oregonstate.edu]

    As food for people, dulse is an excellent source of minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants, and it contains up to 16 percent protein by dry weight. That inspired Toombs, a professor in OSU’s College of Business, who came to Langdon looking for a project for his marketing students. “Dulse is a super food, with twice the nutritional value of kale,” Toombs said with bright-eyed excitement. “And OSU has developed a variety that can be farmed, with the potential for a new industry on the Oregon coast.”

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 17 2015, @01:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 17 2015, @01:54PM (#210422)

    That makes it a nutritious food, but not necessarily a healthy food.