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Here are the ingredients of a Beyond Burger from their website: > Water, Pea Protein Isolate*, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Refined Coconut Oil, Rice Protein,

Here are the ingredients of a Beyond Burger from their website: > Water, Pea Protein Isolate*, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Refined Coconut Oil, Rice Protein, Natural Flavors, Cocoa Butter, Mung Bean Protein, Methylcellulose, Potato Starch, Apple Extract, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Vinegar, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Sunflower Lecithin, Pomegranate Fruit Powder, Beet Juice Extract (for color) Here are ingredients of a regular burger: > Beef I avoid seed oils and starches. Otherwise the Beyond Burger ingredients don't sound too bad. But clearly it's a highly processed food product compared to ground beef. That will also be true of a fish version compared to fish. The artificial versions will be relatively deficient in other nutrients like B-12, omega 3 fats, vitamin D, heme-iron, zinc and some amino acids. In terms of nutrition rather than ethics it looks like an inferior substitute.

tdb7893 7y ago
Yeah they are different, it's not gonna be the exact same. Also if you need to add a specific vitamin or mineral it's easy to just add it
danans 7y ago
Beef is not a homogeneous substance. It contains many constituent substances, just like the Beyond Burger contains ingredients, and many of the constituents are analogous to Beyond Burger ingredients, which is why the taste is so close. It's also made of whatever the cow consumed, and depending on the source of the beef, that can vary a great deal. Also, the human body is very resilient as to the source of its nutrients, as long as it gets those nutrients in sufficient quantity and balance.
loooolerskoot 7y ago
> In terms of nutrition rather than ethics it looks like an inferior substitute. Most of the people eating this are already pretty frail. Sounds like a recipe for disaster IMO.
flukus 7y ago
Have you ever made a burger? There's a lot more in your average beef patty than just beef, here are the ingredients for one of the local burger chains: > Beef Mince, Relish (Diced Tomato (50%), Sugar, Onions, Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Herbs And Spices, Salt, Thickener (1422), Food Acid (330), Firming Agent (509)), Salt, Parsley And if you're avoiding starches why would you be getting a burger, the bun is a starch. And lets not even start on what's likely to be in the rest of the ingredients.
mcv 7y ago
> Here are ingredients of a regular burger: > Beef That's not very informative. It doesn't specify what kind of food went into the beef, whether it walked on grass or was locked in a cage, whether it contains traces of growth hormone, etc.

tdb7893 7y ago

Yeah they are different, it's not gonna be the exact same. Also if you need to add a specific vitamin or mineral it's easy to just add it

danans 7y ago

Beef is not a homogeneous substance. It contains many constituent substances, just like the Beyond Burger contains ingredients, and many of the constituents are analogous to Beyond Burger ingredients, which is why the taste is so close. It's also made of whatever the cow consumed, and depending on the source of the beef, that can vary a great deal. Also, the human body is very resilient as to the source of its nutrients, as long as it gets those nutrients in sufficient quantity and balance.

loooolerskoot 7y ago

> In terms of nutrition rather than ethics it looks like an inferior substitute. Most of the people eating this are already pretty frail. Sounds like a recipe for disaster IMO.

flukus 7y ago

Have you ever made a burger? There's a lot more in your average beef patty than just beef, here are the ingredients for one of the local burger chains: > Beef Mince, Relish (Diced Tomato (50%), Sugar, Onions, Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Herbs And Spices, Salt, Thickener (1422), Food Acid (330), Firming Agent (509)), Salt, Parsley And if you're avoiding starches why would you be getting a burger, the bun is a starch. And lets not even start on what's likely to be in the rest of the ingredients.

mcv 7y ago

> Here are ingredients of a regular burger: > Beef That's not very informative. It doesn't specify what kind of food went into the beef, whether it walked on grass or was locked in a cage, whether it contains traces of growth hormone, etc.