Quorn

British  

/ kwɔːn /

noun

1. a vegetable protein developed from a type of fungus and used in cooking as a meat substitute

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Example Sentences

Major food companies that have generated plant-based meat alternatives that consumers seem to enjoy include Impossible, Beyond Meat, Mosa Meat and Quorn.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

This fungus has a decades-long history of human consumption and is also used by the meat substitute brand Quorn.

From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2023

If you live in Britain, you can get your hands on a Creole Red Bean Sandwich at Popeyes and KFC’s vegan burger, made with a filet from the company Quorn.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2023

Mr Finnegan, 36, who lives at the Quorn Hunt premises near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, and Mr Matcham, 30, of Kennel Drive, Badminton, South Gloucestershire had been charged with illegally hunting a wild mammal with dogs.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021

"I tell you the new Lord Quorn is going to stop here on his way to the Towers."

From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William