> it demands less of the Earth's resources That remains to be proven. Most of these substitutes are highly processed and require significant factory apparatus,

> it demands less of the Earth's resources That remains to be proven. Most of these substitutes are highly processed and require significant factory apparatus, so what are we gaining by skipping well-understood natural processes of animal husbandry? > it really tastes nothing like actual meat Not only that, but its nutritional profile is nothing like actual meat. Basically all of these substitute fake foods (milk, cheese, meats, etc) have significantly different nutrition from what they're purporting to replace. And that is incredibly difficult to account for in meal planning and recipes. Sure, it's fine if there's oat milk in your latte every morning instead of dairy (sort of like drinking your oatmeal anyway) but to swap out meat for highly-processed plant-based stuff is a huge question mark now, because even if you can 1:1 slide it into a recipe, it doesn't serve the same nutritional purpose, vitamins, protein, what have you.