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The food industry has a sinister new development: how to convert fillet offal. Coming in our fridges by the European Commission

The European Commission has granted marketing authorization in the EU countries animal an enzyme that links pieces of meat in a steak. Sweden has been positioned in voting against the March meeting to consider "a betrayal of the consumer", but other countries and the European Commission gave its support. Geert

van der Velden, Fibrimex responsible for the manufacturer, Sonac, says he is "looking forward to the additive elBulli to teach and what you can do." This product hits the pieces of meat, even of different classes if necessary. In his view when looking at a steak made by bonding process "would not notice the difference. Only if you look you'd see a lot of union." They also say that it is a colorless and tasteless. "To make a steak sometimes on parts high-value meat, so this method avoids having to chop, so it is very interesting for companies. Moreover, almost all production to be automated this allows you to fillet the same size and shape, "added Van der Velden.

To make this substance is contained in the plasma slaughter a pig or cow and removed the fibrinogen and fibrin of the plasma. Thrombin converts fibrinogen into fibrin. This fibrin interacts with collagen in the meat, what unites the different pieces of meat. The product, a patent Dutch public research body, is used in the Netherlands and the United States for over 15 years.

In Spain, as the provider of Fibrimex, companies are already conducting tests to suit your production. The Meat Technology Centre of Galicia experimented with this substance and transglutaminase, another enzyme that also hits the flesh and not considered an additive, so that its adoption has been more straightforward. This transglutaminase factory Japanese company Ajinomoto. "There are restaurants with a Michelin star already using these compounds to create new products. We popularized "sums Van der Velden.

What is clear is that ultimately the European Union is thinking more about making decisions in their industry in their people (as happened with genetically modified potatoes), and this is not the Europe I want. Only Sweden has shown common sense when checking this unusual step of "consumer fraud."

(*) Source of news: Rafael Méndez (El Pais )