What is Quorn made of - I have never seen it where I live, can you only get it in UK?

Answer 1

It is a form of protein that is produced by a fungus (Fusarium sp.) which was first produced in the mid 1980's as an alternative to meat, but is not suitable for vegans as it has egg products. Fusarium is a filamentous fungus which can be pathogenic to animals (including humans) and plants (but we do eat many other products made from potentially harmful organisms).
It is made in the UK and sold mainly there and in Europe and some in the USA and has a limited success.
More recently studies into mycotoxins (toxins from fungi) have cast some doubt on usage of the product but it is, almost certainly perfectly safe to eat.

Answer 2

Quorn is the leading brand of mycoprotein food product in the UK[1] and a leading brand elsewhere. Mycoprotein is the generic term for protein-rich foodstuffs made from processed edible fungus.

Quorn is produced as both a cooking ingredient and a range of ready meals. Quorn is sold (largely in Europe but also in other countries) as a healthy food and an alternative to meat, especially for vegetarians. As it uses egg white as a binder, it is not suitable for vegans.

Answer 3

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What is Quorn made of - I have never seen it where I live, can you only get it in UK?

Answer 4

Hi , apparently you can get it in some states of the Us, one lady said you could get it in Mexico, Some places in Canada stock it and I'm not too sure about Australia. it is a versatile meat substitute which is available in chicken,turkey, beef and hams styles also in chicken style pieces, fillets, escalopes and nuggets etc. It is manufactured from a tiny mushroom - like fungus. The downside is that it isn't vegan (and I miss it, boo-hoo) as it is made with egg but if you are a vegetarian it is 100% veggie.
Go to www.quorn.com they have sites for UK, US, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden. The U.S. one has a store locator.

Answer 5

It is an artificially created protein derived from fungus (mushrooms whilst fungus are not the closest to Quorn) and it was actually created by scientists trying to solve the world hunger problem by creating a form of protein easily stored and packaged that was not animal derived, because apart from diseases animals take a lot of space and food to yield sufficient protein.

Answer 6

It's a mycoprotien - a type of fungus - and is grown in big vats.

Some people have reported serious allergies to it, and I've heard nutritionists advising against eating it, but many people love it because it is low in fat and meat free.

I like the Quorn sausages and mince.

Answer 7

It's a fungi (like a mushroom).

I buy it at Safeway in the US (Washington to be exact). Haggens sells it too.

www.quorn.com has links to several different countries (a "pick your country's site" type thing)... it will probably tell you if it's available where you're at... maybe even which stores.

It's really tasty and EXTREMELY versatile, though I've seen on here (this post and others) where some people are allergic to it. Then again, just about everything causes allergies in one person or another. I like to barbecue it (the "naked cutlets" variety) with barbecue sauce... it's YUMMY! I also dip it in soymilk, then bread crumbs mixed with parmesan and fry it. Also great cut up in stews and soups, casseroles, etc.

Answer 8

Its not a "tofu, bean thing".

Its a microprotien that is part of the mushroom family.

Also used as the Quorn brand as Marlow Foods hold the patent so you will not see any other company use Quorn

Answer 9

Quorn is made of protein-rich edible fungus ("mushrooms"). It's also available outside the UK, in the Netherlands e.g. It's available in most supermarkets in the Netherlands.

Answer 10

Go to www.quorn.com and you can learn everything you ever wanted to know about Quorn (and more probably). It has links to international websites and tells you where it is available.