What is Quorn?
A Quorn is a brand of meat alternative that is based on mycoprotein. Mycoprotein is a member of the fungi family (as are mushrooms) and contains high quality protein. Mycoprotein is also naturally low in fat, contains very few calories, contains dietary fibre, is cholesterol-free, and is completely meat free. The organism does occur naturally, but it is grown under controlled conditions to provide the large variety of Quorn sausages, burgers, deli slices etc. that are available. For more information go to www.quorn.com As far as we are aware, Quorn is not available in Australia. Not yet anyway. Update received: Hi Uncle Dave! 🙂 Just to give you a bit more info about quorn (but not a lot!). Quorn products in the UK are very yummy, feature a range including sausages, burgers, fillets and nuggets. and are not suitable for vegans as they contain egg white. (Unless they’ve changed the recipe recently – I used to eat tonnes of the stuff before I went vegan, but had to give it up…
