Plant muscle, also known as plant protein meat, is a kind of artificial meat. It uses vegetable protein as raw material, and mainly produces imitation meat products with similar meat quality, taste and flavor through extrusion, silk-forming, conditioning and other technologies.
Classification of vegetable meat: According to the moisture content of vegetable meat products, it can be divided into low-moisture products (moisture content is 20% ~ 40%) and high-moisture products (moisture content is 40% ~ 80%). China market is dominated by low-moisture vegetable meat products, most of which are ham sausage, spicy strips, dried beans and so on. Compared with animal products, plant food refers to food made of plant protein instead of animal protein. Among the plant foods in the market, there are mature plant dairy products, plant meat and plant eggs. The main raw materials are beans, nuts, oats and coconuts. After the consumption experience of fitness, tooth protection, flower buying and diving, eating plant food may add icing on the cake to the happy life of the new middle class.