June 2002 Cover
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By
Dawn Ivory
Dawn was startled to read of plans to market "quorn" here in the United States. A meat substitute, quorn (named after a village in England) is made from a fungus grown in
giant fermentation tanks, processed, and pressed in "nuggets" which, according to manufacturer Marlow Foods, taste a little like chicken.
The protein-rich, low fat meat substitute is marketed by Marlow Foods as coming from "a small, unassuming member of the mushroom family." This claim has quorn in hot water
with the American Mushroom Institute which notes that quorn's fungal source is most definitely not a mushroom, but rather a slime mold. "This product is not a mushroom," said Laura
Phelps, a AMI spokesperson. "Let's say consumers don't like this product, or it makes them sick. We don't want it reflecting on our product because it's not the same thing."
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