Does anyone buy quorn in western Canada?

Question

I've been a vegetarian for 15 years, and until using this site have never heard so much about this product. Also never seen it in a store. I live in Alberta, does anyone buy it here?

Answer 1

http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2002/04/02/Quornmeat_020402.html says: not in Canada, but Canadians can buy it from the States on-line.

The story's a few years old, but I don't see any evidence of it being sold here.

Answer 2

It is called Mycoprotein and it has been popular in Europe for years but it has only just come to the states and you can now buy it at Wegmans (and other fine grocery store chains.) It is sold in the US under the brand name of Quorn.

according to the Quorn website, it is not sold in Canada at all.
http://www.quorn.com/

I think this might be why:
CSPI: MYCOPROTEIN IN POULTRY, MEAT ANALOGS IS CAUSING PEOPLE TO GET SICK
May 7, 2002
The Meating Place
Bryan Salvage
www.meatingplace.com
Most readers of the Meatingplace.com agree that new products are the life's
blood of the food industry. But many parties -- ranging from the government
to activist groups are scrutinizing new products entering the marketplace
today more than ever before.
Most recently, the Center for Science in the Public Interest has informed
the Food and Drug Administration that a small percentage of consumers may
get sick and vomit after eating new chicken and meat analogs they say are
made from a fungus. Last January, the FDA allowed the manufacturer to sell
the ingredient called mycoprotein as a Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS)
substance, and the agency is on the brink of formally approving it as a food
additive, states a CSPI news release.
FDA failed to take into account one of the only scientific studies of the
organism that makes up the "mycoprotein" ingredient in Quorn-brand foods,
CSPI charged. That study linked the consumption of Quorn foods to vomiting
and diarrhea, they added.
CSPI said it provided the FDA with new reports from several consumers who
got sick after eating Quorn products. CSPI received those reports via its
Website, QuornComplaints.com
But an FDA spokesman told the Meatingplace.com: "We reviewed information
submitted [on mycoprotein] in great detail, and we did not see any safety
concerns."
More on the complaints Here's more details on the reported illnesses,
according to CSPI. One 22-year-old Massachusetts man reportedly told CSPI he
vomited several hours after eating Quorn Tenders, and eight days later after
eating Quorn Nuggets. Another 35-year-old Maryland woman reported severe
vomiting and diarrhea several hours after eating Quorn Chicken-style
Tenders. Others reported similar symptoms, CSPI claimed.
Quorn is produced by Marlow Foods, a division of pharmaceutical company
AstraZeneca.
Quorn has been commercially available in Britain and in other European
countries since 1994.
Quorn's labels identify mycoprotein as "mushroom in origin" and as an
"unassuming member of the mushroom family; however CSPI said that these
claims are highly deceptive and that should not be permitted.
CSPI added that three mycologists (fungus experts) at Pennsylvania State
University and the State University of New York at Cortland told the FDA
earlier this year that while the Quorn fungus and common mushrooms are both
fungi, calling the Quorn fungus a mushroom is like "calling a rat a chicken
because both are animals." Those scientists also wrote that F. Venenatum is
a fungus more accurately described as a mold. Another
mycologist from Cornell University said that mushrooms are as distantly
related to Quorn's fungus as humans are to jellyfish.
To add more fuel to the fire, CSPI has called on the managers of more than
400 grocery stores that sell Quorn products, asking them to remove the
products from the shelves pending further testing and changes in the
labeling.
The FDA spokesman said that the agency had received CSPI's most recent
letter stating its complaints and added: "We will review it and give it
careful consideration."

http://www.foodcontamination.ca/fsnet/2002/5-2002/fsnet_may_7.htm

Answer 3

I oftentimes locate the terrific tofu is often from asian supermarkets/markets. have a seem to make certain if there's a chinatown like section close to you considering's somewhat in all hazard you will locate places there with good tofu for rather good expenses. i'm no longer prepared on Quorn, yet this is truthfully latest in maximum supermarkets in the refridgerated cabinets many times.

Answer 4

I don't know. I'm looking for it too. Quorn's website doesn't have Canada listed. I'm wondering if it's possible to get it shipped from the States?

Answer 5

Try emailing the company or asking local health food stores if they can carry it.