Would you eat a GoogleBurger? Tech giant planning a massive investment in 'plant-based' fast food

CALIFORNIA: Google is reportedly looking to branch out into the food business and has made a huge bid to buy a vegetarian burger company.

The tech giant allegedly tried to buy a firm called Impossible Food for a massive sum of money said to between $200million and $300million.

Impossible makes cheeseburgers out of plants and was founded by Patrick O. Brown, a Stanford University biologist and physician.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Impossible uses "plant blood" to make tasty burgers.

The company examines meat "at the molecular level", before trying using proteins and nutrients from green veggies, grains and seeds to reproduce the "wonderfully complex experience of meats and dairy products".

Dr Mark Post/Maastricht University/PA Wire "Test tube meat" growing in the laboratory, grown by Dutch stem cell scientist Dr Mark Post, from Maastricht University.

"Test tube meat" growing in the laboratory, grown by Dutch stem cell scientist Dr Mark Post, from Maastricht University.

The firm's website said: "You love meat. You love cheese. For thousands of years we've relied on animals to make them.

"Impossible Foods has found a better way. We use plants to make the best meats and cheeses you'll ever eat."

It has already received up to $75million in funding from supporters including Microsoft boss Bill Gates and Google Ventures, the search engine's investment wing.

Frankenstein' meat: Could it transform the food industry?

The scientific world is determined to find a way to generate artificial meat, milk and other foodstuffs.

Three years ago, foodies were asked to try a £250,000 "Frankenburger" made in laboratory.

Unfortunately, this real-life whopper was said to "lack juiciness".