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One lurking concern I've had around this space is that junk food makers simply find a way to make their food even more addicting. Arguably though, ozempic'd cu
by steveBK123 2y ago
One lurking concern I've had around this space is that junk food makers simply find a way to make their food even more addicting.
Arguably though, ozempic'd customers and shrinkflation'd products would be a recipe for amazing margin improvement. And they can dress it up as doing good because its better for people, (like the 100 calorie snack packaging).
- sph 2y agoYou can see that in the lab-grown burger space already: it is a massive opportunity for companies to create an ultra-processed version of meat, and label it as healthy as the public opinion has gone blindly against meat and on the vegan bandwagon. They'll claim it's more eco-friendly, they can sell it 5x the price of beef and rake billions.
- rootusrootus 2y ago> public opinion has gone blindly against meat Only if you spend too much time online. In the grocery store, I don't see any indication that meat substitutes are gaining traction. If anything, popularity seems to be ebbing. The people choosing fake beef for their burgers are a tiny minority.
- steveBK123 2y agoIndeed, a COVID era ZIRP funded fad that has fallen on hard times. A product that fits a niche - former meat eaters who miss meat and want to be vegetarians. Otherwise for true health conscious or longtime vegetarians there are better options.
- sph 2y agoTrue, the point is that the online minority is the loudest and in this day and age they drive change. I heard talks of taxing red meat in UK, for example, which is absolutely ludicrous.
- sph 2y agoI find it hilarious that the "vegan mafia" has downvoted my comments with no explanation, while the people that actually replied seem to agree with me.