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i agree that the taste and texture are similar to eating a meat hamburger. but, i just hope these companies (Impossible Burger, Beyond Burger, et al) can bring
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
i agree that the taste and texture are similar to eating a meat hamburger. but, i just hope these companies (Impossible Burger, Beyond Burger, et al) can bring down the price.
we bought frozen Beyond Burgers recently "on sale" from our local grocery store for $3.00 per 4 oz burger. good quality ground beef is cheaper than that.
- Pfhreak 8y agoWhere are you finding good quality ground beef for <$3.00/lb? Good quality, to me, implies the animals were not mistreated, were fed a reasonable (preferably grain free) diet, the farm is sustainably ranching the animals it grows, etc. I recently bought a whole beef from a local farmer, and it was organic, 100% grass fed, and it worked out to $7/lb. I'd be shocked to learn there was a waaay cheaper option out there.
- HillaryBriss 8y agosorry for the confusion. a frozen package containing just two 4 oz Beyond Burger patties cost us $6.00. i.e. we paid $3.00 for each one quarter pound Beyond Burger. so, if you can find hamburger meat for less than $12 a pound, you're paying less than we paid for Beyond Burgers.
- o_____________o 8y agoThis would reverse overnight in the US if we redirected our agricultural subsidies.
- jlavine 8y agoYou can buy pasture-raised / grass-fed ground beef from Australia, and US-raised ground bison, in US supermarkets for $9-10 per pound, so no, it wouldn't. Even for cheap corn- and soy-fed CAFO-raised meat, agricultural subsidies lower the cost by a negligeable fraction.
- HillaryBriss 8y agohmmm. my comment was down voted. i'm wondering if someone might be able to offer some explanatory notes about that. not sure what was offensive about it.