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the "meat" in "meatless meat" describes a texture and taste profile, not an ingredient. It is easier to communicate than, say, "chewy but soft, fibrous proteins
by wortelefant 4y ago
the "meat" in "meatless meat" describes a texture and taste profile, not an ingredient. It is easier to communicate than, say, "chewy but soft, fibrous proteins which taste is usually determined by umami and maillard reaction flavors".
There is a large community around new recipes for this taste profile, e.g. https://seitansociety.com/ https://seitansociety.com/ .
compared to the logistics (animal farming and slaughter pipelines), artificial inseminations, medical interventions (antibiotics), storage and food safety concerns around meat, plus the incredible daily amount of animal suffering caused by this consumption, I don't see meat as a "natural" product. all the steps in the "production" process can introduce factors that can degrade the quality and be risky to health (e.g. not cooled at appropriate temperature, antibiotics treatments to animals etc), while with plant proteins, you have far less processing steps between field and table. to vegans and people concerned with reducing global warming, the benefits outweigh the different composition by far.
- zemvpferreira 4y agoComparing the best-grown plant protein with the worst-grown animal protein is a bit disingenuous. I can easily source you an animal carcasse that was 100% pasture-grown and pasture-fed where I know everyone involved in its supply chain, from insemination to distribution. Moreover, that same animal will have been net-positive to its ecossystem through foraging etc etc. It won't be cheap, but health-positive and planet-positive meat exists.
- tcfhgj 4y agoWhat is health and planet positive based on? Compare the best meat against the worst plant based food and its still plant based>meat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Hq8eVOMHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Hq8eVOMHs
- wortelefant 4y agothis hypothetical best case is an exception to the reality of factory farming and animal "products" included in most dishes ("1% milk powder"). And in even then it would still include animal suffering. For those not too set on their habits, considering the arguments in https://veganspeak.info/ https://veganspeak.info/ (e.g. #29) might be inspiring. It is a personal decision in the end, our society allows for mass-producing and killing living beings despite better alternatives. As with other personal choices that are harmful and arbitraty, this is not something I see as worthy of further appreciation, or beneficial for further discussion.