That was a big missed steak! Vegan firm Impossible Foods sues rival Motif for ‘infringing its patent’ on a molecule that makes its products ‘taste like beef’
Meatless burger maker Impossible Foods has sued competitor Motif Foodworks, accusing the startup of copying its technology for imitating the taste of real meat. The lawsuit filed in Delaware federal court alleges that Motif, a spinoff of biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks, infringes an Impossible Foods patent by using a protein molecule called heme in its plant-based beef.
