What is "quorn"

Quorn is a meat substitute product available in the UK, Ireland, the US, Australia, Sweden, Italy, France and other countries. Launched in 1985 by Marlow Foods (a joint venture between RHM and ICI) and now owned by Monde Nissin Corporation, Quorn is intended to replicate the taste and texture of meat. All Quorn foods contain mycoprotein as an ingredient, which is derived from the Fusarium venenatum fungus and is grown by fermentation using a process that has been described as similar to the production of beer or yogurt. The fungi culture is dried and mixed with egg albumen, which acts as a binder, and then is adjusted in texture and pressed into various forms.

The carbon footprint of Quorn Frozen Mince in the UK is claimed to be at least 80% less than that of beef.

Quorn is produced as both a cooking ingredient and a range of ready meals. It is sold (largely in Europe, but also in other parts of the world) as an alternative to meat. After it switched to using free-range eggs as an ingredient, the Vegetarian Society gave the product its seal of approval.

More meat eaters than vegetarians are now eating Quorn.

Quorn is a meat substitute.

Quorn may also refer to:

• Quorn, Leicestershire, (or Quorndon), a village in England
  • Quorn Hunt, a fox hunt in Leicestershire once based at Quorndon
  • HMS Quorn, one of three ships named after the hunt
  • Quorn F.C., a football club based in the village
• Quorn, South Australia, a town and tourist railhead in the Flinders Ranges