I don't think "natural" is not a very good metric or goal to begin with. Is cheese made from milk natural? I think people only believe that because cheese has

I don't think "natural" is not a very good metric or goal to begin with. Is cheese made from milk natural? I think people only believe that because cheese has been around forever, so they consider it being "normal", while they consider the vegan cheese alternatives "unusual". Cheese is both a pretty processed product and not particularly healthy. It's true that there's some relation between "unprocessed" and "healthy" (eat lots of veggies and fruit), but neither cheese from milk nor from plants fits that category. Also that isn't a fundamental law, it's more a "rough guidance". There's no fundamental reason a plant-based product can't be as healthy or healthier as a similar animal-based product.