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I am a big hater of canned tuna and my vegetarian wife once bought the plant-based tuna from Nestle. It's a disaster, it's as stinky as the real one. I hated th
by faebi 5y ago
I am a big hater of canned tuna and my vegetarian wife once bought the plant-based tuna from Nestle. It's a disaster, it's as stinky as the real one. I hated the smell as much as the real one. So they did nail it. Therefore I see their egg and shrimps as a big opportunity. Honestly, I could never understand why vegetarian products can't reproduce the meaty flavors better. There are so many chips and junk-food products with fake smells who taste closer to the real thing than most replacement products, while being vegetarian or even vegan.
- asdff 5y agoA big part of meaty flavor is the tasty animal fat. I find a lot of veggie products just taste like vegetable oil mostly, not too appetizing and makes you feel pretty gross after a meal. I wish there wasn't such a focus on making (and failing) meat flavor. I know vegetarians who don't even like eating the beyond burgers because it tastes a little bit too meaty for them, and obviously it doesn't taste meaty enough to get people to stave off meat en masse, so I don't know who that product is for. I wish we would lean into existing cuisine that doesn't use meat, like falafel, which is my favorite vegetarian food by far.