I am on a same boat. Beyond meat is extremely expensive. Also from personal experience it neither appeals to vegetarians/vegans (too meat like, with sometimes “

I am on a same boat. Beyond meat is extremely expensive. Also from personal experience it neither appeals to vegetarians/vegans (too meat like, with sometimes “bloody” look) nor meat eaters (more expensive than the real thing, fake). But the biggest gripe for me - it greatly shows how much meat and dairy farming is subsidised (at least where I live). When chicken meat is 4-5€/kg (i see ofen discounts on chicken breast/wings for 2-3€/kg) and grains (rice, buckwheat) are ~3€/kg it just doesn’t make sense to me. Similar with milk vs alternative milks. Hence it doesn’t at all surprise me if you do some “lab grown” meat alternatives from plant proteins - you will have 5x more expensive product (if not more). With all this technological advancements it seems bizarre that we as a humanity still spend so much earth resources on growing animals for slaughter. I know it will not disappear and I don't wish that, but the amount of problems it causes is insane. Diseases (swine flu and avian flu are never ending problems, mad cow disease is one of the scariest things), completely destroyed water sources from pollution, overuse of antibiotics (because of prevalent infections and unsanitary conditions), etc.