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"I don’t get this appeal of turning goos and veggies into ‘meat’. Just make them their own thing. You don’t rly have to compete with meat." So, people are supp
by Broken_Hippo 4y ago
"I don’t get this appeal of turning goos and veggies into ‘meat’. Just make them their own thing. You don’t rly have to compete with meat."
So, people are supposed to go without the comfort food of childhood completely and are supposed to never get some of the textures of these products?
I'm not personally a fan of the beyond meat most of the time, but I do use other fake meat from time to time (Quorn, for example, or ground meat made from soy). I can make bean burgers - and do, usually chickpeas and brown rice - but if I'm buying, I'm buying stuff with a nice chewy texture that I can't quite get at home. I make some childhood comfort food, too, and sometimes it just gives and easy protein.
And I don't look at it as a competition. I don't care that it tastes of meat and I wouldn't really know anyway - it has been too long. I care that it tastes good enough and has a good texture. Making it taste (or 'bleed') like meat isn't a gimmick for me, but for meat eaters.
- ThalesX 4y agoPeople are free to do whatever they want of course. As a consumer (and investor having lost a significant amount on Beyond Meat), I think this is a pretty bad differentiator as the product always going to be compared to meat instead of being allowed to be its own thing.
- jart 4y agoWhat would that be? Something grown in a laboratory is never going to be its own thing in the way that seitan, mushrooms, chickpeas, tofu, etc. are their own thing. Beyond Meat made it difficult for themselves by marketing to mainstream carnivores, who aren't going to be happy with something that isn't at least as good or better. Vegetarians, on the other hand, will be super happy and grateful for anything that comes close.