Chickpea protein: So much more than alt-meat

Chickpeas (or in the US, garbanzo beans) have long been one of the plants that are processed into alt-meats; new research, though, shows that chickpea is a potential solution to one of the vexing challenges in producing cultivated meat — an animal-free, edible scaffold that is also sustainable and cost-effective.

In an article, “Not just a protein source: Chickpea protein-based scaffolds for cultured meat,” in the journal Food Hydrocolloids, researchers from Technion — Israel Institute of…