Chilean food company NotCo is developing sea turtle soup, a popular meal for people in Latin America and Asia.
The meal tastes like sea turtle soup, but without the sea turtle parts.
The company says it uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manufacture its food products. We hope to raise awareness about this. endangered species reptiles.
Bernardo Moltedo is leading the science behind NotCo's efforts. He used the word impact (meaning effect or change) to describe this effort.
Moltedo added: “We've been working on this for several years. We always ask ourselves, 'Why not?' That's why we're working hard to help endangered species, like in the case of sea turtle soup. That's why I finally decided to work on it.''
NotCo uses an AI program to decide what to use. The program examined 300,000 plants and created 260 plants. Kyoto combination Until they discovered a mixture of five proteins that most closely replicated the taste of turtle meat.
At the moment, neither plant-based turtle meat nor soup is available for sale. However, the company plans to hold online classes to teach people how to make soup.
With locations in 12 countries, NotCo makes food products from plants, including hamburgers, milk, mayonnaise, and ice cream. These food creations are similar in taste and texture To foods prepared using traditional animal-derived foods material.
Green sea turtles, traditionally used in sea turtle soup, are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Endangered Species. Living populations are affected by pollution, extreme weather, and fishing. Exploitation of these sea turtles is prohibited in most countries around the world.
However, sea turtle soup is still in high demand in Asian and Latin American countries, including China, Mexico, Peru, Malaysia, etc.
I'm John Russell.
Juan Casas reported this to Reuters. John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
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endangered species – adjective represents an animal or plant that is in danger of becoming completely extinct
Kyoto –n. Number 1 followed by 18 zeros
combination –n. The result of mixing two or more things
texture –n. how food feels in your mouth
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