Talking about impossible and beyond meat, of course. I like their taste, so I’m not one of those burger fash who complains about not being able to taste the flesh wounds of their victims. Just need the skinny on how it compares in terms of it’s nutrient quality, health factors in terms of contaminants in production or as a result of (PFAS, lead), and the impact on the environment. I’m sure the production of fake borg is better than maintaining and slaughtering cows, but relative to other foods how much better is it?
I haven’t tried any burger products but of the meat replacement products we’ve used at work
Gardein chicken/beef strips suck total ass. They’re like a soy/wheat gluten thing maybe trying to imitate seitan but the one time the sous chef tried to make seitan it seemed really different ( and also shitty tbh) and the texture and the taste is just ass. The beef ones are a little beefier, the chicken ones are really meh.
I HAVE however made them taste really good by steaming to soften them, chopping them up, marinating with a vegan chicken stock, and roasting. That with a root beer bbq sauce I make = the last time I made it these children on a school trip came in and ate all of it because they couldn’t tell it wasn’t meat and I was really mad because I had to make like 3x more of it then I expected to
The impossible meat we’ve only used as pre made sausages and it’s like, okay, it’s sausagey
the Beyond beef crumble made out of pea protein has slight texture differences from beef (it’s hard to get it to “brown” in the pan, too, like the way it renders out its moisture is weird) but it tastes very beefy, definitely the closest to meat of any meat imitation product I’ve tried, if I made a “beef chili” with it and didn’t tell you you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. Also it doesn’t have any allergens unless you consider peas to be an allergen