There’s good news for lactose-intolerant people! The latest milk-substitute brand refers to itself as 'cow-free' instead of plant-based or any other milk and has real dairy protein. Better land is the first brand of milk that is using Perfect Day's animal-free dairy protein.
The Cow-Free Protein
Whey is the protein that is identical to the protein found in cow's milk and is obtained by using fungi in bioreactors instead of animals. Cow-free milk uses this protein in it. The replication of the milk protein helps the cow-free milk to form froth just like the regular milk and in an identical manner. For example, cow-free milk used in making coffee would have foam and will not go flat like many of the plant-based milk do, that are available in the market. The cow-free milk will also act like the regular milk on being baked or cooked.
How is Cow-Free Milk Produced?
The cow-free milk producing company, Perfect Day, like most other food companies, obtain dairy proteins through a process known as "precision fermentation."
In this process, sugar is fed to the microbes that have been genetically modified with the cow DNA to produce proteins that are similar to milk proteins. The tanks used in this process are similar to that are used in brewing beer. While it may appear futuristic, it is a process that is already being used in the food industry. Most rennet, a traditional ingredient that is used in cheese was made from a calf's stomach and is now made with precision fermentation. Impossible Foods utilizes this process to create heme. Heme is an ingredient that enhances the flavor of plant-based burgers and helps them in tasting more like real meat. This same method is used in making insulin for diabetic patients.
The replication of protein alone does not make up for the taste of real cow milk, a sample that was pre-produced by the company, tasted sweeter and had a noticeable different flavor than milk. The company aimed for producing something that should taste better than milk.
