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Isn't Tyson a net protein destroyer? They take a larger amount of plant protein and turn it into a smaller amount of animal protein.
by greglindahl 7y ago
Isn't Tyson a net protein destroyer? They take a larger amount of plant protein and turn it into a smaller amount of animal protein.
- evgen 7y agoWhile in this case protein is just generic for 'meat', in the specific cast Tyson is taking plant protein that you or I cannot consume and turning it into a protein that we can eat. Does an oil refinery destroy oil? Well, I guess so, but that is not exactly the term that is commonly used to describe the refining process.
- greglindahl 7y agoIt wasn't clear to me that "protein" was generic for "meat", but in this specific case soybeans can be turned into tofu. And that's a reasonably popular protein source for humans in China -- especially if high prices of other human-consumed proteins causes product substitution.
- refurb 7y agoThey produce more protein than they consume. The animals convert carbohydrate to amino acids (well, the bacteria in their gut does).
- greglindahl 7y agoYou seem to have forgotten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_conversion_ratio#Pigs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_conversion_ratio#Pigs ?
- firethief 7y agoThey have nitrogen-fixing gut bacteria now?
- refurb 7y agoNo, the bacteria in the rumen convert amino acids that cows and humans can’t digest (and hence are of no nutritional value), into amino acids they can digest.[1] Thus, they are net producers of useful amino acids. [1] http://www.publish.csiro.au/ebook/chapter/SA0501041 http://www.publish.csiro.au/ebook/chapter/SA0501041