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> If they become equal or less in price than meat, they'll go from a slightly indulgent curiosity into a viable alternative This would only be true if it weren
by wyager 5y ago
> If they become equal or less in price than meat, they'll go from a slightly indulgent curiosity into a viable alternative
This would only be true if it weren’t significantly worse in both taste and health risk than actual meat. I think fake meat as it exists now would have to be a lot cheaper than actual meat for most people to be willing to switch to it.
- unpolloloco 5y agoTaste is highly contextual for these products. A badly cooked impossible burger is WAY better than a badly cooked meat burger imho. A meat burger that's cooked well is better than the same for an impossible burger (also imho). So...they're getting pretty close. Health-wise is highly debatable as well (I'd claim functional equivalence there, though there are people in both camps). Neither is good for you!
- wyager 5y ago> Neither is good for you! I disagree very strongly. Ruminants are a huge fraction of my ancestors’ diet (possibly a caloric majority) over evolutionary timescales, so it should come as no surprise that ruminants are not only better for me than extruded pea protein, but one of the best possible foods for me.