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- Hello and welcome everyone
to season 2 of The World Vegan News,
the place where we serve you the news
the same way we serve our tofu.
Extra firm.
- [Man] Damn boy, he's thick!
Boy, that's a thick ass boy!
Damn!
- I'm your host Brock Lee, and I know it's a shock to see me,
but I finally escaped the basement
where Brian Turner had locked me up
after he forcibly shaved my beautiful locks
out of pure jealousy.
Please, let me come back.
I just want to deliver the news, Brian!
Never.
You've stolen my spotlight for the last time.
Come here.
No, no, please.
Anything but my long, beautiful hair.
Anything else.
Stop moving.
(shaver buzzes)
Oh no.
Luckily, after he cut my beautiful hair,
I did manage to escape stealing his password
so that I can once again, deliver the best source
of vegan news on the planet.
Now, let's get into this week stories.
In today's first story, Israeli startup,
Future Meat Technologies has opened
the world's first industrial cultured meat facility.
The production facility is capable
of producing 500 kilograms of cultured meat a day.
That's the equivalent of 5,000 hamburgers.
- Damn!
- The startup is using bio-reactors to culture meat,
including ham, chicken, and lamb,
as well as beef in the future.
Apparently they're using proprietary animal cells
to grow the meat, which means they do not require
any material from living animals.
I have no freaking clue how they're doing this,
but that's pretty amazing news.
Now, I know lab grown meats are pretty weird
and they are a point of huge contention
in the vegan community.
But, I think this is huge for overall animal welfare,
as non-vegans will get to eat meat without having
to kill animals for it.
What do you think?
Next up, Gordon Ramsey who has been a very vocal anti-vegan
in the past, recently changed his tune
and has brought vegan chef Josie Clems
to his Hell's Kitchen cooking competition show,
which began premiering in May of this year.
This is a pretty fantastic turn of events.
And, I personally hope Josie
brings her very best tofu game because otherwise.
- I'm done.
You, you, you, you (beep) off out of here.
- (Beep) Me.
- Get out.
Hey excuse me, madam.
- Kesha. - (Beep) Me?
How about (beep) you.
When interviewed about the show,
Josie said, "the thing that I'm most excited about
is the six million people that are going to watch it.
And that's six million people
who usually watch a meat cooking show.
This is a big seed about veganism being planted
into mainstream consciousness."
The show is now mid season
and Josie has still yet to be eliminated.
So, give the next episode a watch on July 5th
and see how she's doing.
You go girl.
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In our next story.
Dairy lobbyists failed to convince the EU
to censor dairy free labels.
Now, in an already passed absolutely ridiculous law terms,
such as almond milk and vegan cheese are already banned
on products in the EU, but this amendment is seeking
to restrict dairy alternatives from using descriptive terms,
such as yogurt style and cheese alternative.
It would also prohibit the use of milky imagery,
such as swirls on a carton of oat milk.
Whatever that means, I'll show you milky swirls.
Honestly, to me, this sounds like a bunch of pissed off
grown adults, angry that vegan alternatives
are absolutely stealing their profits.
And they're throwing a bit of a temper for tantrum.
- Call my parents.
Call my parents.
- I will call your parents.
You (bleep) babies.
Luckily, this amendment was shot down, but I have no doubt
that these giant babies will continue trying
to push absolutely silly laws like this
as they continue getting steamrolled by innovative
and quite frankly, sexy vegan brands.
This week, a group of approximately 40 cows
escaped California slaughterhouse Manning Beef
through an open gate.
After the cows ran through the streets of Pico Rivera,
California for quite a while,
the authorities finally rounded up most of the cows
and returned them back to the slaughterhouse.
Unfortunately, one cow was shot and killed after charging
and running over a few people on the street.
Now, I don't know how this happened because it's just me.
But, if I see a big ass cow coming down the street,
I'm gonna get out of the way.
I don't know.
I didn't see it.
I'm just saying.
On a positive note to the story, Diane Warren was able
to negotiate the release of one of the cows
to an animal rescue organization called Farm Sanctuary.
This is what Diane said.
- I didn't realize.
I mean, my phone started blowing up.
I didn't realize what a news story it would be.
But, if it could bring some shed,
some light on how horrible meat is and what it takes
to bring food like that to your plate.
Next up, world renowned apparel brand Canada Goose
announced a commitment to end the use of fur
in its collections.
The brand will stop using fur by the end of 2021
and will discontinue its manufacturing
of the items made with fur by the end of 2022.
Okay.
I know this is great news, but why not just do it right now?
It's like, they almost nailed it,
but they just missed the mark.
- [Man] Name a yellow fruit.
- Orange.
- Canada Goose still continues to use duck
and goose feathers for downing in their jackets.
So it's a step, but honestly,
it's time to stop (bleep) around.
It's 2021 guys.
Subway's tuna sandwiches were found
to contain no tuna DNA according
to scientists following a commissioned report.
The fast food chain sent samples
of more than 60 inches worth to the lab
after a study was ordered by the New York Times.
A lab spokesperson told the New York Times,
"There's two conclusions, one it's so heavily processed
that whatever we could pull out,
we couldn't make an identification.
Or two, there's just nothing in there
that could be identified as tuna."
Moreover, they could not even identify
what species the meat was.
Okay, listen, this is gross.
I know vegans and meat eaters argue back and forth,
but I don't think anyone can sit there and tell me
that this isn't disgusting.
Scientists couldn't even identify what's in there.
That's gross.
Non vegans will sit there and make faces
at vegan food all day.
But, at least this doesn't happen with my beans, my rice,
my fruits, or my vegetables.
At this point, anyone who hears this news
and is still eating tuna from Subway
and really any meat I fully decided they're drunk.
- Oh, gummy bears.
- NotCo, a Chilean startup
that manufacturers a plant-based milk called Not Milk
has been seeing skyrocketing sales this past year.
And, they are now backed by Amazon founder
and the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos.
♪ (Beep) their wives, drink their blood, ♪
♪ come on Jeff, get 'em ♪
- Fellow vegan companies,
such as Impossible Foods is now worth $5 billion.
Oatly is aiming for a $10 billion evaluation.
And, now, NotCo is hoping for an I'm unicorn status,
which is a valuation of $1 billion
in its next funding round.
- We hold the world ransom for $100 billion.
- This week Taco Bell tested a new menu innovation,
a chalupa shell made entirely from vegan chicken.
It was developed by innovators at Taco Bell's test kitchen
and the vegan chicken shell is made
from a proprietary pea protein based blend
that is breaded and fried.
Slap my ass and my and call me a baby
'cause I'm a sucker for anything deep fried.
The naked chalupa is priced at $3.49
and was only being tested at one location in Irvine,
California, as part of Taco Bell's extensive testing
of new veggie products that they'll then decide
to bring to market later on.
Fellow vegan content creator and personal friend,
Jasmine from Sweet Simple Vegan went there
and tried it herself.
Let's see what she has to say.
- So, to make it vegan you just say no cheese,
no avocado ranch and then inside is some lettuce and tomato.
Right here we go.
Cheers.
Good.
It's a little spicy.
This is delicious.
I really hope Taco Bell launches this nationwide.
I am a fan.
Thumbs up for me.
- Woo.
That (bleep) looks delicious.
Would you try it?
To make ordering meatless even easier,
Taco Bell introduced veggie mode kiosks
at their participating locations last year.
The kiosks are now programmed with a one swipe button
that transforms the entire Taco Bell ordering menu
to display only certified vegetarian options.
Many of which users can further customize to be fully vegan.
Good job Taco Bell.
Way to listen to what your customers really want
unlike the drunk idiots at Arby's
who jokingly made merits carrot shaped meat,
as a joke against vegans in 2019.
- [Man] You got to think like a criminal.
Intimidation is the key, Randy.
An individual who's intimidated (bleep) up.
- Finally and possibly my favorite story of this week,
a San Francisco-based startup called New Culture
is launching its first product,
a dairy identical vegan mozzarella, which is coming in 2023.
The company has found a way to create casein,
which is the protein in cow's milk that gives it its gooey
and stretchy properties, as well as its mouth texture.
Honestly, this whole thing is tripping me out.
They can create a vegan casein
with a precision fermentation process that allows it to make
what is described as real cow cheese, without the cow.
- Yeah, science bitch.
Remember that?
To create the new animal free casein,
New Culture uses synthetic biology techniques
to insert DNA sequences into microbes
that effectively instruct them
to express the target casein proteins after feeding
on a sugar solution.
This results in what they're describing
as having the same taste, texture,
melt and stretch as the cheese we all know and love.
Seriously, every time I think
the vegan markets innovations have peaked,
some other crazy science comes out of the woodworks
and they push forward something unheard of.
If you don't think that everyone will be vegan on purpose
or not at some point in the future,
you're in for a rude awakening.
- [Billy] Hey Ron.
- [Ron] Hey Billy.
- Well, that brings us to the end of this episode
of the World Vegan News.
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