Quorn is a brand of meat substitute products, or the company that makes them.
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Quorn is a brand of meat substitute products, or the company that makes them.
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Quorn originated in the UK and is sold primarily in Europe, but is available in 14 countries.
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Quorn is sold as both a cooking ingredient and as a meat substitute used in a range of prepackaged meals.
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All Quorn foods contain mycoprotein as an ingredient, which is derived from the Fusarium venenatum fungus.
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Quorn was launched in 1985 by Marlow Foods, a joint venture between Rank Hovis McDougall and Imperial Chemical Industries .
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Brand Quorn was first marketed in 1985 by Marlow Foods, a joint venture between RHM and Imperial Chemical Industries, which provided a fermenter left vacant from their abandoned single-cell feed programme.
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Quorn entered distribution in the UK in 1993, and it was introduced to other parts of Europe in the 1990s, and to North America in 2002.
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Quorn is sold in ready-to-cook forms, such as cubes and a form resembling minced meat.
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Quorn later introduced a range of chilled vegetarian meals, including pizzas, lasagne, cottage pie, and products resembling sliced meat, hot dogs, and burgers.
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In 2004, McDonald's introduced a Quorn-branded burger bearing the seal of approval of the Vegetarian Society.
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However, as of 2009, the Quorn burgers were no longer available at any McDonald's restaurant in the UK.
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In 2011, Quorn Foods launched a vegan burger into the United States market, using potato protein as a binder instead of egg albumen, to confer vegan status.
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The market for Quorn products is increasing worldwide and the company expects further growth.
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Quorn is made from the soil mould Fusarium venenatum strain PTA-2684 .
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Quorn is considered acceptable in small amounts for babies over nine months old, but should be introduced gradually.
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The sale of Quorn was opposed by the American Mushroom Institute, and rival Gardenburger, which filed complaints with advertising and trading-standards watchdogs in Europe and the US, stating Quorn's 'mushroom based' claim was deceptive.
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Quorn formerly used battery eggs in some of its production processes, a practice opposed on ethical grounds by many vegetarians.
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Tests showed Quorn to be the only food to which the patient had an allergic reaction.
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Former FSA director Jon Bell responded in defence of Quorn, stating that several commonly consumed foods and food ingredients, such as soya, have a much higher intolerance level than Quorn.
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In late 2011, the first vegan Quorn product was released, called the Quorn Vegan Burger, available initially only in the United States.
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In January 2019 Quorn produced the filling for a vegan sausage roll sold by UK bakery chain Greggs.
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