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I have also been wondering how this revolution of ethical imitation meat products is going to play with processed foods... as these are also quite processed foo
by devoply 7y ago
I have also been wondering how this revolution of ethical imitation meat products is going to play with processed foods... as these are also quite processed foods.
ingredient list from a mock salami product:
water, vital wheat gluten, isolated soy protein, tofu (water, soybeans), spices, natural flavors (including autolyzed yeast extract), salt, wheat starch, garlic and onion powder, evaporated cane juice, vitamins & minerals (dipotassium phosphate, dimagnesium phosphate, zinc oxide, ferric orthophosphate, calcium panthothenate, thiamin hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, iron oxide), carrageenan, beet powder and extractive of paprika (for color).
- jniedrauer 7y agoYou can make seitan from scratch. I start with vital wheat gluten (and chickpea flour and nutritional yeast), which is technically a processed product. But you could start with flour if you wanted to. The end result is a product with 3 or 4 simple ingredients, compared to that fairly large list of unknowns.
- dao- 7y agoI think this is missing the point. Yes you can make seitan from scratch, but it's not necessarily going to be better since seitan with its main ingredient being gluten contains little fiber either way. On the other hand, chickpea flour may be processed, but if the process preserves the fiber, that's not really a problem. The lack of fiber in /most/ processed foods makes you eat more of these.