Better Meat Co. receives fifth patent

Mycelium company received its fifth patent for Rhiza protein, made from fungi roots.

Sacramento, Calif-based mycelium meat maker The Better Meat Co. was recently granted its fifth patent, this one related to the creation of shelf-stable granules of Neurospora crassa, the genus of fungi used to make the company's Rhiza protein.

"One of the benefits of our system is that we can create a dry shelf…