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> Waiting for good lab grown meat to become cheap. This is a cop out. There are plenty of excellent plant-based meat alternatives that I'm sure you couldn't te
by shafyy 1mo ago
> Waiting for good lab grown meat to become cheap.
This is a cop out. There are plenty of excellent plant-based meat alternatives that I'm sure you couldn't tell the difference in a blind test.
- srean 1mo agoCould you point a few out ? I would be eager to try them out if they are available here in India.
- shafyy 1mo agoI'm only familar with the brands in Germany unfortunately. You might have Beyond Burger available in India — not my favorite vegan burger patty, but I think it's good enough.
- messe 1mo agoThe beyond burger is decent, but there's no way it's fooling someone in a blind taste test.
- uxcolumbo 1mo agoIs 100% taste match more important than not supporting an industry that kills Billions of animals a year and on top of that causing a huge amount of greenhouse gases and biosphere destruction? What if it's 85% taste match, wouldn't that be enough to make the jump to plant based alternatives? Male chicks for example get thrown in a wood chipper.
- shafyy 1mo agoHmm not sure. Depends on how well it is prepared. But yes, I said, there are much better brands. But the question was specifically about what's availabe in India, which I have no cllue about.
- srean 1mo agoThanks, will check. Oh they are in fact available in India. Will definitely try them out.
- soco 1mo agoFor sure I wouldn't be able to tell the difference, but I don't know anything screaming more "processed food" than the meat alternatives. The component list is longer than this thread, sorry I wouldn't touch that with a hundred feet pole (hyperbole mine).
- shafyy 1mo agoThis just proves you don't have a lot of knowledge about food. First of all, there are many studies that show that plant-based meat alternatives are healthier than their meat counterparts. Just because a food is processed doesn't mean it's unhealthy. Or are you under the impresssion your sausage and burger patty are health foods? Second, just like with non-vegan foods, there is a variety of plant-based meat alternatives: Some companies include much healthier ingredients than others. Finally, even if it weren't for my two first points, the main goal of replacing animal meat with plant-based meat is not health, but ethics and environmental concerns (but again, it's not unhealthier).
- messe 1mo ago> First of all, there are many studies that show that plant-based meat alternatives are healthier than their meat counterparts Define healthier, and link the studies. I eat vegetarian more often than not these days (although I don't usually use plant-based meat), and I'm not disagreeing with you. But cite your sources rather than making vague health claims.
- Lorkki 1mo agoFair point, there's a lot of nutritional bunk going about. I'm not an expert either, but the Wikipedia article seems to cover the big studies that I've heard of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_alternative#Health https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_alternative#Health
- shafyy 1mo ago> Define healthier, and link the studies. Well, why are people who are afraid of a long ingredient lists (without understanding what the ingredients actually are) and just blurt out that vegan meats are unhealthier not asked the same? In any case, the sister comment linked to some studies. Have a look. Also, a simple web search will show you that many animal-based meats (such as red meat) are linked to many cancers, this is not even disputed.