The Better Meat Co. granted fifth patent

Mycoprotein company nets expanded protections on its shelf-stable mycelium ingredient, Rhiza.

Sacramento-based food-tech startup The Better Meat Co. on Tuesday announced that the US Patent and Trade Office has granted the company a fifth patent (US 12,127,575) on the proprietary process used to produce and use its Rhiza mycoprotein.

The patent expands BMC’s protection, specifically enshrining its method of making meat analogue and other food products from dry mycelium…