Good for Italy. They have perhaps one of the richest food/cooking cultures in the world. Fake meat is an affront to that. Not only is it expensive and gross, bu

Good for Italy. They have perhaps one of the richest food/cooking cultures in the world. Fake meat is an affront to that. Not only is it expensive and gross, but insanely processed with a mile long list of ingredients. Ground beef usually has one ingredient: beef. I've gotten a good chuckle over the years seeing it disappear from shelves and menus. I'm sure you can still find it in abundance at Whole Foods in SF or Portland Oregon, but now I routinely see maybe 1-2 items and the stock is always full. People wouldn't even touch it during covid when everything was flying off the shelf.