Tender Food’s Plant-Based Meats Deliver a Convincing Meaty Texture and Flavor Using Innovative Technology

For decades, vegetarians and vegans have been searching for good meat substitutes. Although some taste great, their texture often leaves something to be desired. That’s because meat-alternative companies have traditionally made products like burgers, patties, and sausages using extruders, which heat and squeeze plant-based ingredients into something resembling ground meat. The result is held together using binders, thickeners, and gums. “It’s like a giant Play-Doh press,” says Mike Messersmith, CEO of Tender, a company in Somerville that’s shaking up the plant-based landscape by creating products that mimic meat texture and fi

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