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Burger Brawl: Plant Protein Vs Meat

Season 2 Episode 205 | 10m 39s

Culinary experts, biologists and biotech innovators have done the impossible; by tinkering with ingredients and the genetics of plants they’ve created an alternative meat, relatively indistinguishable from beef. But we’re testing the taste with a panel of protein loving athletes to find out if it plant based burgers could pass as the real deal.

Aired: 04/19/20
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