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A detail view of the states of Improved Nature’s Improved Meat product from left: powered, dried, boiled and breaded and friend, as seen at the company’s headquarters in Garner, North Carolina, Thursday, August 17, 2017. Improved Nature has developed a meat replacement technology created with only soy protein that can mimic the structure of meat protein. Their Improved Meat product retains a much longer shelf life than meat protein and has the ability to be easily brought back from a frozen or dehydrated state. (Eamon Queeney / North State Journal)