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mycoprotein

mycoprotein noun: a food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.

mycoprotein: a food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn
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Noun

mycoprotein (countable and uncountable, plural mycoproteins)

  1. A food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
    • A general concern on microbial protein from a filamentous fungus, generically named mycoprotein, is the possible contamination of mycotoxins produced by the fungus, as known from food spoilage by fungi (Filtenborg et al., 1996) and from production of enzymes and other food ingredients (Blumenthal...2007, Jan Dijksterhuis, Robert A. Samson, editors, Food Mycology: A Multifaceted Approach to Fungi and Food, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 353
  2. (obsolete) A gelatinous albuminoid resembling protoplasm, of which the putrefactive bacteria are composed.

Forms of mycoprotein

pluralmycoproteins

Origin of mycoprotein

From myco- + protein.

Questions about mycoprotein

What does mycoprotein mean?
Mycoprotein means a food product derived from fungus, the basis of Quorn.
What part of speech is mycoprotein?
Mycoprotein is a noun.
What is the plural of mycoprotein?
The plural of mycoprotein is mycoproteins.

Words near mycoprotein in the dictionary

  1. mycoplasmologists
  2. mycoplasmology
  3. mycoplasmoses
  4. mycoplasmosis
  5. mycoplasms
  6. mycoprotein
  7. mycoproteins
  8. mycoredoxin
  9. mycoremediate
  10. mycoremediated
  11. mycoremediates

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