Urban Barcode Project Team The Impossible Burger
Program:
Urban Barcode Project
Year:
2018-19
Research Topic:
Food fraud
Taxonomic Group Studied:
Animals: Vertebrate

Project:

The Impossible Burger
Students:
Elani Colon, Katarina Jovanovic, Fatim Haidara, Cianna Betancourt
School:
Frank McCourt High School, Manhattan
Mentors:
Vincent Joralemon

Abstract:

We seek to identify whether or not the Impossible Burger, a highly-publicized meat-free burger that "bleeds", is in fact vegan, as advertised. We propose collecting samples from the uncooked patty and Barcoding to analyze for the presence of animal products

Poster:

DNA Barcoding Poster
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