This Vegan Egg Cooks, Tastes, and Cracks Like a Chicken Egg
Shares French startup Le Papondu (formerly Les Merveilloeufs) has created a whole vegan egg—complete with yolk and shell—that cooks, tastes, and cracks like a chicken egg. Formulated by biologists Philippine Soulères and Sheryline Thavisouk at Paris Ecole de Biologie Industrielle, the egg is composed of a proprietary mix of vegetable proteins that remain confidential. Le Papondu aimed to create an alternative egg that contains a similar nutritional profile to, is as versatile as a chicken egg, and meets the needs of vegans and those with egg allergies. They also wanted to create an alter...