Plant-based mince is now 29% cheaper than beef, lamb, and pork mince at Tesco, according to a price comparison conducted by nonprofit think tank GFI Europe
Nostalgia is a hell of a thing and it applies to food too. I went veg a few years back and sometimes I want that texture and flavor a cheeseburger provides and beyond or impossible patty hits the mark close enough. I think it really lowers the barriers to entry for that kind of dietary restriction. Now if I could find a good substitute for bacon I’d be in heaven but everything I’ve tried tases like cardboard or like those stale beacon bits.
I think the latter paragraph is too generalized. As a vegan I’m delighted if I find a product that tastes like I remember my favourite meat dishes tasted.
Yeah, no, I refuse to eat anything that has “versions” and my diet is limiting consumption of anything that needs a formula to make. Those are not indicators of food fit for human consumption.
(Before someone calls me names, I’m on plant-based)
They’re specifically trying to emulate food people know (like burger patties). In that context, I think versioning makes sense: “this is our 1st attempt, our second is closer, our third is…”
And it’s something you buy if you specifically want emulation.
You aren’t wrong: direct, less processed diets are better. I’m just saying that this food is for a more narrow purpose.
Briefly, Beyond Burger burger patties were cheaper in a (U.S.) Costco than the equivalent Morton’s patties.
It got me to try their v3 forumula… and its actually really good. You have to grill the snot out of it, but it’s good.
Beyond Meat is at the point where carnivores won’t notice unless you point it out to them.
Which is one of the reasons a lot of vegetarians I know don’t like it, it tastes like they remember meat tasting and grosses them out.
Nostalgia is a hell of a thing and it applies to food too. I went veg a few years back and sometimes I want that texture and flavor a cheeseburger provides and beyond or impossible patty hits the mark close enough. I think it really lowers the barriers to entry for that kind of dietary restriction. Now if I could find a good substitute for bacon I’d be in heaven but everything I’ve tried tases like cardboard or like those stale beacon bits.
I think the latter paragraph is too generalized. As a vegan I’m delighted if I find a product that tastes like I remember my favourite meat dishes tasted.
Yeah, no, I refuse to eat anything that has “versions” and my diet is limiting consumption of anything that needs a formula to make. Those are not indicators of food fit for human consumption.
(Before someone calls me names, I’m on plant-based)
They’re specifically trying to emulate food people know (like burger patties). In that context, I think versioning makes sense: “this is our 1st attempt, our second is closer, our third is…”
And it’s something you buy if you specifically want emulation.
You aren’t wrong: direct, less processed diets are better. I’m just saying that this food is for a more narrow purpose.