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Obvious downside - it's yet another ultra-processed food. Vs. Ms. Cluck's eggs are unprocessed.

• bobthepanda 2y ago
  Aquafaba is also an existing vegan alternative that is barely processed since it’s just the water from boiling chickpeas.
• manmal 2y ago
  Is that an issue here? There's processing, and then there's processing. I read it as - proteins are isolated and perhaps broken down (as does saliva and the GI tract). Then they are modified mechanistically, basically whipped into a foam (probably similar to what happens to egg whites).
• Kirby64 2y ago
  Yet another reason why ultra processed food categorization is unhelpful.
• aziaziazi 2y ago
  I also deplore UPF but: - "yet" sound like "again" in my ears. If that was the meaning consider you are on HN and what you see here had a selection bias for scientific or technical stuff. Once in a while there’s also breakthrough on genetic crops. Not much grandma stew receipe but I bet many likes it, it’s just not the typical subject here. - many people choose not to eat egg for their own reasons. They may agree UPF being bad but that won't change what their position on other stuff. You’re free to give you opinion but it probably won’t change any needle in their view - raw eggs are unprocessed in certain countries, but in others they are washed with water, then a detergent and then a sanitizer. That may not have health effect but questions the "processing" overall. This treatment make required a cooled-regulated temperature who add to the energy bill all along until eaten. Which the foam probably need too :) - raw eggs eating isn’t frequent, people cook them at least. But the vast majority of consumed eggs is processed within various sweet or salty foods.