The next time you visit a sushi restaurant, the delicious spicy tuna rolls that come with your sushi platter may not come from a fish at all. Finless Foods, a company specializing in cell-cultured seafood, plans to release a plant-based tuna in 2022. Using nine whole ingredients, Finless says it designed its tuna to imitate its sushi-grade counterpart. And while it’s possible to marinate the plant substitute, the company envisioned it making its way into dishes that would typically call for raw fish, including poke bowls. “Our plant-based tuna offers an option for consumers who can’t eat seafood because of allergies, who think about other health concerns or who just want to enjoy a seafood dish without the catch.” Unlike salmon, it’s challenging to farm tuna at scale, and global populations of the fish have declined by more than 60 percent in the last 50 years.(SD-Agencies) |