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The reason is to draw people in with a comparison to something they already know. "bacon made of seaweed" sounds more interesting and will draw more people in t

• mc32 4y ago
  You may be right, but I have a feeling most vegetarians and vegans don't need an imitation of meat in mock bacon. They have a great variety of tasty things already few if any rely on meat analogues (especially if the diet is inspired by traditional vege/vegan diets). So the target with this naming convention would be "converts" or people transitioning to vege/vegan --which is a smaller market.
• kjkjadksj 4y ago
  The end result is more like replicating a grape with artificial grape flavor: not nearly there in taste and with a ton of processing. I hate how tepid these companies are. Its like if all food has to be a copy of some other food to go to market, then we are stuck with the mass market cuisine of the mid 19th century as our end all be all.
  • Jarwain 4y ago
    Haven't tried the specific product myself so I can't really say. imo Artificial flavors aren't great at replacing a thing, but they can transfer the essence of a thing's flavor to something else and that leads to interesting results. For example, snow-cone syrup is a surprisingly good flavoring for kratom! Yeah that's fair. Doing something super novel is risky though, and a big part of starting a business is about mitigating risk