silence7@slrpnk.net to Food and Cooking@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agoWhich proteins contain the most microplastics? A study of more than a dozen kinds of protein, including beef, tofu and breaded shrimp, found microplastics in nearly 90 percent of the tested sampleswapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkWhich proteins contain the most microplastics? A study of more than a dozen kinds of protein, including beef, tofu and breaded shrimp, found microplastics in nearly 90 percent of the tested sampleswapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.net to Food and Cooking@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerbn@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoDoes anyone know if microplastics in plant-based products really come from the plants themselves? Or is the product contamined during production or from the packaging?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoIt’s pretty clear that a lot of them are a result of processing and packaging, though I’d be surprised if zero were in the plants themselves.
Does anyone know if microplastics in plant-based products really come from the plants themselves? Or is the product contamined during production or from the packaging?
It’s pretty clear that a lot of them are a result of processing and packaging, though I’d be surprised if zero were in the plants themselves.