I think it is good that they exist, because sometimes you want something that is similar to food you had growing up. A staple food when I grow up was milk-boile

I think it is good that they exist, because sometimes you want something that is similar to food you had growing up. A staple food when I grow up was milk-boiled macaroni with a special kind of sausage (falukorv) and ketchup. I have been able to make it for my kids, and I really like to present at least a small part of my culinary heritage. And sometimes I just want a friggin burger. Which I can get almost everywhere by now, and it is greasy and savoury in all the right ways. But in general I do think there are great products out there already. In the last years in Sweden tempeh started becoming available, and more brands of tofu (especially smoked varieties) started showing up in the groceries. People have been eating those for hundreds or thousands of years, and they are amazingly versatile products. I have come to the realization that I don't need new products. I just need to discover the ones that are already available.