Quorny Quorn: Review of Meatless Quorn (P.S. Did you Know that Amazon Has It All? Even frozen foods?)

Quorn! (CORN) We love Quorn products in this house. What is Quorn you ask? Quorn is a meat substitute made from mycoprotein. What is mycoprotein? Myco is Greek for fungi, combined with protein, and you get a healthy meat free protein made from fungus. It is naturally low in saturated fat and high in protein and fiber while having the same taste, appearance, and texture of meat! The mycoprotein is made through a fermentation process (like how yeast is made). Mycoprotein contains all 8 essential amino acids, making it a complete protein.

It’s weird, but they sell these frozen products on Amazon! I’m not even going to pretend to understand how that works. Maybe the price is so high because they have to send it frozen? I’ve never tried that. Let me know if it works that way! We usually just find them at our local grocery store. 

It’s pretty crazy, actually. This stuff tastes just like meat (and believe me, we do eat a lot of meat), but it’s totally meat free. It’s a great idea for “Meatless Monday” or for meat free households, although it is not technically vegan except for the products specifically labeled as vegan since they use egg whites. They do meet vegetarian dietary standards, but again, for the majority of the products, they use eggs to help with the taste and texture of the products. Egg helps bind the mycoprotein with the other ingredients. Quorn is currently working on more vegan options.

Quorn’s goal is to make food that is high in protein without actually being meat. Livestock is an unsustainable resource, and mycoprotein is a much more sustainable option. Quorn claims that the carbon footprint of their Quorn Meatless & Soy Free Grounds is up to 90% less than that of beef. 

Quorn uses natural, non-GMO products. They are not yet certified as organic, but they meet Whole Foods Market’s natural certification standards. 

If you are gluten free, Quorn has a few products that can work for you. The Chick’n Tenders, Grounds, Turk’y Roast, and Naked Chik’n Cutlets are gluten free. If you’re not sure, all allergens are clearly marked on the packaging near the ingredients.

As of this writing, Quorn does not contain nuts in their products, but some Quorn products are produced on sites that may contain nuts. They are working on becoming totally nut-free. It’s the same thing with milk/lactose ingredients in that the products don’t contain those ingredients themselves but are manufactured in facilities that process them. 

Our favorite Quorn products are the Chik’n nuggets and patties. They have a light breading on them that make them crispy and crunchy. They cook quickly in the oven or toaster oven (425 for 15 minutes, turning once) or even quicker in the microwave (2 minutes, but they get pretty mushy). We also like the Chick’n tenders, the grounds, and the meatballs. You can’t even tell that the meatballs and grounds aren’t real meat. 

We also enjoy the burgers
For the Chick’n Nuggets, the serving size is 3-4 nuggets and each box has 3.5 servings per container. Usually Honey Graham and I split a box after giving Froot Loop & Cocoa Puff 2-3 nuggets each. The nutritional information is below:

Serving size 3-4 nuggets. 3.5 servings per container. 210 calories, 9g of Fat. 1 g sat fat. 0g trans fat. 5 mg cholesterol. 410 mg sodium. 26 g carbs. 3 g fiber. 10 g protein. 

41% mycoprotein. wheat flour, canola oil, rehydrated egg white. wheat starch. Contains 2% or less of natural flavor from non meat sources (contains yeast, salt, onion), potato dextrin, salt, wheat gluten, dextrose, whole egg and egg white. Firming agents: Calcium chloride, Calcium acetate, Turbinado sugar, spice, yeast. 

Contains egg and wheat. There have been rare cases of allergic reactions to products which contain mycoprotein, a member of the fungi/mold family. Mycoprotein is high in protein and fiber which may cause intolerance in some people. We do not use any ingredients derived from genetically modified sources in this product.

Overall, these are a yummy way to introduce meatless products to your family. They taste very much like actual meat, especially the breaded chicken. 

They also have this awesome cookbook! It's 170 pages of meatless awesomeness. 

Check out this recipe for Chili Con Quorn! Sounds amazing. 

And this one for Hoisin Noodles... holy cow. 

One of the reviews states that the recipes are in metric, but it's easy to convert to English measurements. 

Well, I think that about wraps it up. Whenever Quorn products go on sale at the grocery store, I buy them all up! We LOVE this stuff. I like to serve it with frozen corn (haha... Quorn and Corn!). 

Do you eat vegetarian/vegan food?