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From a health perspective I think they find themselves in an odd spot, at least from my perspective. Absolutely there are other products on the market that are

From a health perspective I think they find themselves in an odd spot, at least from my perspective. Absolutely there are other products on the market that are similar with similarly high amounts of salt. I also see it as "highly processed" food which if you're not looking to eat meat you might also be looking for an alternative to meat that isn't any more processed than red meat, of which Beyond Meat is more processed.

aaron695 1y ago
> at least from my perspective. If you are afraid of salt I guess. That's an old idea and somewhat a religion formed off a misdirect marketing campaign. Any Who even with salt is evil not much difference at McDonalds - McPlant https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcplant.html#accordion-c921f9207b-item-842cb18782 https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcplant.html#acco... (510 Cal.) Quarter Pounder with Cheese https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/quarter-pounder-with-cheese.html#accordion-c921f9207b-item-842cb18782 https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/quarter-pounder-w... (520 Cal.) I don't see Beyond Meat as a replacement to steak, it's very unhealthy compared to that. Reducing livestock is the most 2nd most pressing environmental issue in the world, to fixing fishing. I can't think of anything else that matters more than those two. We need to farm the oceans (70%) and leave land (30%) for hunters. I love pictures of Chinese diamond factories - https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=chinese+diamond+factories&udm=2 https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=chinese+diamond+fact...
- NoPicklez 1y ago
  It's not that I am afraid of salt, but that many of our foods have an added amount of salt that cumulatively is fairly high. No different to not being afraid of sugar, but there are foods which are abnormally high in it. My point being is that you're not going to win over enough people to eat Beyond Meat if its just due to environmental factors. You also need to give people an additional benefit, in the case of Beyond Meat whilst its better for the environment, its not better for our bodies given how highly its processed.

aaron695 1y ago

> at least from my perspective. If you are afraid of salt I guess. That's an old idea and somewhat a religion formed off a misdirect marketing campaign. Any Who even with salt is evil not much difference at McDonalds - McPlant https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcplant.html#accordion-c921f9207b-item-842cb18782 https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/mcplant.html#acco... (510 Cal.) Quarter Pounder with Cheese https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/quarter-pounder-with-cheese.html#accordion-c921f9207b-item-842cb18782 https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/quarter-pounder-w... (520 Cal.) I don't see Beyond Meat as a replacement to steak, it's very unhealthy compared to that. Reducing livestock is the most 2nd most pressing environmental issue in the world, to fixing fishing. I can't think of anything else that matters more than those two. We need to farm the oceans (70%) and leave land (30%) for hunters. I love pictures of Chinese diamond factories - https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=chinese+diamond+factories&udm=2 https://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=chinese+diamond+fact...

NoPicklez 1y ago
It's not that I am afraid of salt, but that many of our foods have an added amount of salt that cumulatively is fairly high. No different to not being afraid of sugar, but there are foods which are abnormally high in it. My point being is that you're not going to win over enough people to eat Beyond Meat if its just due to environmental factors. You also need to give people an additional benefit, in the case of Beyond Meat whilst its better for the environment, its not better for our bodies given how highly its processed.