“Large or small Jellyfish chips with that?”
Friday night fish and chips might never be the same again if predictions from the Future of Food report are proven to be right over the next 5, 30 and 150 years.
The great British public might well be eating battered banana blossom and jellyfish instead of cod and chips by 2050, the study has predicted.
According to the report’s findings, eating trends will increasingly shift towards insects and other nutritionally-rich “last-resort” food sources.
Sainsbury’s supermarket commissioned the research in collaboration with plant scientists and futurologists, and predicted possible eating habits and methods of food production in 2025, 2050 and 2169.
“Jellyfish are typically regarded as a last-resort food source but the growing interest of researchers and seafood chefs is triggering a rethink” according to the report’s authors.
“In 30 years, jellyfish and other invasive species could be found on the fish counter as recent research has found them to be full of nutrients and vitamins.”
“A team of Danish researchers, for example, has devised a method to turn jellyfish, which are rich in nutrients, including vitamin B12, magnesium, and iron, and low in calories, into crunchy chips in just a few days.”
Climate change will also likely be playing a role in these developments. A mix of warmer oceans and the reduced number of predators may well lead to an abundance of jellyfish, and it could end up being transformed into crunchy chips or other “everyday” supermarket products.
PUBLISHED: June 5, 2019
