Israeli Startup Creates Algae-Based Chicken Schnitzel To Revolutionize Plant-Based Protein

A new and techy spin on schnitzel replaces chicken breast with spirulina protein alternative. Created by spirulina food-tech innovator SompliiGood, the new product looks like schnitzel, feels the same and, the company promises, even tastes the same, while packing in the nutritional values of blue-green algae. NIMROD GENISHER.

While you may think that falafel and hummus are Israel’s national foods, it’s actually it may be chicken schnitzel that holds the coveted title. Fried, baked or even, God forbid, air-fried, the humble breaded chicken cutlet is equally loved by children, their grandparents and everyone in between.

So it only makes sense that this masterpiece of Israeli cuisine gets the Startup Nation treatment, in the form of a chicken schnitzel analog composed primarily of the nutritious microalgae spirulina.