Originally Posted by
wayoutwest
Why do the vege people have to eat something that looks, tastes and bleeds like meat but will not eat it or condemn those who do? Eat meat or do not, pretending is hypocrisy and NZ are just as bad for not promoting Kiwi produce over GM rubbish.
My understanding is it is extracted from plant sources and there is no genetic modification involved. It is an identification, isolating, extraction and refinement process.
As for why not a Kiwi product? I am not aware of any Kiwi manufacturers of such products. Most NZ R&D in the protein sector is about improving livestock yield be that meat or diary. NZ just isn't doing the research to create such a product.
Its a growing market segment to serve. AirNZ are trying to capture the market and get some press to get more bums on seats from the non NZ markets. Being the first airline to carry this product is creating news articles. AirNZ promotes NZ as a destination so can fly people to NZ, as to promoting NZ produce there isn't such a strong business or shareholder drive. E.g. they only carry Japanese Beer (Lion) not any NZ beers.