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There is a coming backlash against fake meat due to the amount of chemicals and processing required. It's not just soy, potatoes and flavoring.
by paul_f 7y ago
There is a coming backlash against fake meat due to the amount of chemicals and processing required. It's not just soy, potatoes and flavoring.
- Animats 7y agoYes, and it's funny.[1] The Impossible Burger was cool when it cost $20 at Jardiniere. Then the company scaled up and started supplying Burger King. This got some foodies upset. Wait until they get the price down to well below meat and start supplying McDonalds. [1] https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/7/20880318/meatless-meat-mainstream-backlash-impossible-burger https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/10/7/20880318/meatle...
- imtringued 7y agoIf that happens then we will stop seeing meat in any processed food because of extreme cost cutting even if people still want real meat.
- redisman 7y agoProcessed food often already has a huge portion of soy and/or wheat protein in addition to the grade F meat. HN's Whole Foods crowd seem to way over-estimate Your Average Persons diet and how much they care what's in the tasty meal.
- greggeter 7y agoAnd the energy required and destruction of more soil. I'd like to see the energy/land/water required to produce one grass fed and finished cow's worth of this "meat"