IIT Delhi Students Develop Vegan Egg, Mockmeat To Follow

Students at IIT Delhi have developed a vegan egg liquid from split green gram or moong dal, and it is going to be available for retail real soon!

The research is headed by Kavya Dashora, assistant professor at the Centre for Rural Development and Technology at IIT Delhi, and the product has been in development for a year.

The substance has the same taste, cooking procedure and protein level as chicken eggs, but with zero animal ingredients. The vegan egg was on display at Industry Day last month. The eggs have been created using protein isolation technology, while the mockmeat will be developed using extrusion technology.

Dashora says, “It will be a cleaner source of protein; the egg, for instance, has zero cholesterol and is gluten-free. There is no risk of animal-based diseases, such as bird flu, and the concept prevents cruelty on animals as well.”

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Vegan egg substitutes are gaining popularity worldwide as more people switch to vegan and "flexitarian" diets. Just Egg, another vegan company that's headquartered in California, has also made a vegan egg substitute using moong dal, and will be hitting the Indian market soon. 

The vegan egg will be available on their website and retails at a reasonable price of Rs. 299 (450 gm). Mockmeat will also be available for sale on the site soon, with pricing that will be at par with non-vegetarian counterparts.

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