A halfway point: I recently tried the "Big Mac Salad" that's all over Pinterest -- yum! Salad with ground beef that really does taste like a Big Mac. Don't use too much lettuce; I mean, it should definitely be a SALAD, but it's about the balance of the veg + meat.
Yeah, I hear you, BUT I don't think that's what most consumers hear. Instead, I think consumers who only read the headlines tend to hear, "Red meat is unhealthy, so here's something better!"
Yes! That's it! We were all curious, so we home-grilled beef burgers and -- okay, I'm not sure we had Impossible or Beyond, but plant-based burgers. The taste was acceptable, but I could definitely tell which was good old beef.
Yes, I think most people are pretty ignorant about nutrition /rely upon advertising to tell them that "Soup is good food" or "Lite" or "Less sugar".
Okay, this line wins "King of the thread". Great.I don't understand what's so special about making plants taste like meat. Cows do it all the time.
Not sure where you sourced the above information.
My beef has no extra added unnatural chemicals in it other than that which can not be controlled and enters the system through the air or water.
Personally, I hate Tim Hortons but I can’t argue they are pretty iconically Canadian. They’ve had a rather shocking decline in revenue over the past year or two because they have gradually morphed from the beloved coffee-and-doughnuts they made famous and now sell everything from breakfast burritos to meatless hamburgers - all of which are prepared off-site and assembled/microwaved in the stores. Their hot foods are just really, really bad and trying to provide a new, ever changing menu to be all things to all people has caused havoc with their service model.
I could be wrong but I’m guessing @PrincessBelle39 was referring to all of the synthetic growth hormones that are given to the cows. These are very unnatural. You can buy more expensive beef that is better but these are not the types of beef fast food/restaurants are serving
In fairness, I’ve never seen the Impossible products or Beyond Meat advertised as being “healthier” than meat. They’ve simply been marketed as a plant-based alternative. I’m not even sure if they’re totally vegan because the advertising doesn’t stress it.
I’m not sure if they are advertised as healthier either. People really need to read the ingredients they put into their bodies if they are concerned about eating healthy. I am not a vegan so I might not have this totally correct But from what I have read, companies like to use “plant based” vs. Vegan because there are gray areas of Veganism like honey. Some vegans eat it and some are totally against it.
If one is health aware, then I would assume they were seeking out fresh beef from a butcher that they can know how their beef is raised. If you want to compare the chemical fake crap vs healthy beef, then I have to assume we are also talking based on the people don't go to Walmart to buy their meat.
