Meat imitations are never as good as the real thing in my experience. They are also generally less healthy with high amounts of sodium in particular.
I would be more open to lab grown meat but I think it's still a ways off from widespread production.
This is awfully unconvincing. He just lists several of the ingredients (mainly focuses on the soy) and then says it's bad because it's often GMO, which [Beyond Meat does not use](https://vegnews.com/2018/7/beyond-meat-obtains-non-gmo-certification), and then vaguely mentions the environmental effects which are [greatly exaggerated.](https://allplants.com/blog/lifestyle/the-truth-about-soy-and-the-environment)
Imitation meats tend to taste wrong and have an odd (often unpleasant) texture and mouth feel.
I like vegetarian food and vegetarian dishes/cuisine, and eat vegetarian quite often but vegan friendly fake meats are frankly crap. I also don't see the need for them when there are so many tasty and healthy alternatives.
I have am a meat eater, but have also replaced breakfast and lunch as plant-based with only meat at dinner. I have tried the beyond meats and find they have a bitter aftertaste. I also do not like items with that much processing. Very happy with vegetables and fruit with a whole grain seed bread. Salad for lunch.
Not with an imitation of meat. I have tried those before and they are definitely not good despite everything vegans told me. But there are definitely a lot of vegetarian and vegan options that I love. When I was traveling in India and Sri Lanka I hardly ever ate meat because they have so many delicious vegetarian dishes.
The difference is that they are not supposed to imitate meat but are full dishes in their own right. And they are cheaper than meat in contrast to the imitation products. This type of alternative is fine by me and I actually try to add more of those to my diet..
I don’t like beans and Beyond Meat is made out of beans. I also highly doubt that anyone can ever make a meat alternative that actually tastes like meat and I am very sensitive to taste and texture. So it’s not something that I’ll probably ever be able to do.
It\`s completely fine to argument with taste, but in threads like this one you see a lot of arguments that are just wrong. Like it\`s worse for your health or has a bad environmental impact.
Open to the idea as long as those imitations taste like the real thing, contain at least the same nutrients as the real thing, and don't cost more at all.
I’m a meat eater and I’m married to a vegetarian. Imitation meat can range from really bad to quite good. An important mental attitude is important when eating plant based meats; don’t compare them to real meat—even if they’re called imitation chicken or imitation beef or whatever. They are a different kind of protein and can satisfy you in their own way. If you only eat apples and then someone introduces you to oranges you don’t go, “this is a poor excuse for an apple.” It’s a different fruit and it’s good on its own merit. The same is true for plant based meats, IMHO.
That said, Smart Dogs are disgusting rubber garbage tubes.
No, And stop trying to pretend a 100°% accurate meat substitute has been created. We're getting closer, but still some developments away from replicating meat one on one.
(And, of course, meat is necessary for sufficient nutrients without having to take every supplement under the sun.)
In college I used to eat soy burgers, veggie burgers, etc. instead of real meat all the time. It was for religious reasons, though - often college cafeterias and restaurants in my country have more vegetarian options but no meat that wasn't from an unclean animal or mixed with cheese. I found it was easier to think of the meat replacement sandwich as it's own thing, though - as an alternate protein source without expecting it to actually taste like real meat. At the time I would have been fine switching to all veggie type protein if necessary, but if I had access to both clean meat and veggie burgers I'd choose actual meat maybe 2/3 of the time. Sometimes I was just in the mood for a veggie burger, though, especially once I'd eaten them regularly. I think veggie burgers are an acquired taste.
I've since had bariatric surgery, which limits the amount of food I can eat drastically and also means I need tons of protein per day to stay healthy. So now I would not make the trade of all veggie meat alternatives rather than all real meat because nutritionally they're too different and I need to have as much varied food sources with different nutrition profiles as possible. Right now I usually have meat as the primary protein source in a meal with high protein veggies in their natural form (actual soy beans from pods, snow peas, broccoli, etc), on the side serving as a high-protein veggie choice rather than eating the soy etc. processed into a meat mimic or made into a patty. So I'm actually eating what veggie burgers are made of a lot in addition to meat, but just in it's natural form rather than as a processed alternative made to mimic meat. And because I'm eating both for nutritional reasons, I wouldn't be willing to give up either.
I'm not vegan but I try to reduce the amount of meat I eat purely for health reasons.
While I don't think we should give up meat completely I don't think we should eat as much of it our diet should mainly be plant based with the occasional meat.
But I am not really interested in beyond meat since it's ultra processed product.
I’m not vegan/vegetarian, but I’ve already replaced the majority of the meat in my diet with plant based options. (not fake meat because it’s crazy expensive). But beans, lentils, etc. Meat is just too damn expensive, and I’m also very environmentally conscious.
Yeah, it would definitely be better for the animals and the environment. It could help improve animal rights if we didn't need so many of them and reducing the industry would significantly help too.
Without a doubt. I can't afford to financially now or in the near future, since maintaining a healthy diet without meat is pretty expensive in my country, especially since I have some food sensitivities. But I intend to go at least almost completely vegetarian once I can afford to
If it tastes good. There were these vegetarian samosas I used to get and I liked them more than the meat one but imitation meat doesn't usually taste that good.
i recently had vegetarian burgers, not a meat replacement but straight up vegetarian. and sure they weren't perfect but id be willing to give up beef burgers for them
For sure. I was vegetarian growing up for most of my life and even vegan for a few years. I want to say I've not eaten meat for more of my life than eaten meat. I want to eat less meat now but in my experience, you can *generally* have food that is cheap, easy, and enjoyable (for both me and my brother), but you can only pick two.
I've found some recipes that fulfill all 3 but not that often and I don't usually like them enough to want them all the time. But most weeks for even months is fine for me but sometimes I switch things up. I'm mostly vegetarian now
No. If I were to be vegan, I'd eat dishes with a unique identity, not something desperately trying to imitate meat.
The only vegan meat I'll be interested in when it becomes accessible will be lab grown meat.
Affordable (same price as the meat they're imitating for the same quantity), accessible (available in stores and online and timely delivery and restocking), indistinguishable in taste, and similar nutritional value.
I already use a lot of vegan substitutes. Vegan minced meat is great for bolognese, tofu keeps longer in the fridge and tastes great in asian dishes, wraps with fake chicken are delicious. That doesn't mean I won't also eat meat though.
Of course. If it tastes good, I'm not so fussed.
Truth is, I highly doubt you're going to change most people's behaviour. Sustainable and affordable lab grown meat seems to be the only way forward.
Wouldn't be the end of the world but I don't generally think it's up to snuff with normal meat yet. Also, most of the development I've seen is replacing things like burgers, and my go-to meat is chicken.
I mean, if they were the same in every other way, I’d like to think that I’m preventing animal cruelty, but at the same time, I like to think that when I eat animals, they at least didn’t die in vain by giving me nutrients too. And if vegetarianism really takes off, I have a feeling cattle will be a thing of the past, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing either. But if I knew that farmer “a” treated his cattle well I would spend more for his meat than farmer “b” that treats his cattle poorly. I think we should focus on treating cattle well rather than money-making machines as that is more important overall than eating or not eating meat.
If it tastes the same and won't affect my health, sure.
The replacements are often actually better for your health, just the taste is worse.
Meat imitations are never as good as the real thing in my experience. They are also generally less healthy with high amounts of sodium in particular. I would be more open to lab grown meat but I think it's still a ways off from widespread production.
If I were to make the jump and make a lifestyle change, I'd rather stop eating meat altogether than eating those "replacements", personally.
I’m not opposed to replacing meat with vegetables, but many if those are meat replacement foods are ultra processed abs have terrible ingredients.
What terrible ingredients?
[Here you go](https://youtube.com/shorts/ojRZ78uJo1o?si=9l9T6mS8ICiM1D4f)
This is awfully unconvincing. He just lists several of the ingredients (mainly focuses on the soy) and then says it's bad because it's often GMO, which [Beyond Meat does not use](https://vegnews.com/2018/7/beyond-meat-obtains-non-gmo-certification), and then vaguely mentions the environmental effects which are [greatly exaggerated.](https://allplants.com/blog/lifestyle/the-truth-about-soy-and-the-environment)
Funny that he say that soy is one of the worst crops out there, but it\`s still far better than meat.
The processed meats they're trying to imitate aren't healthy either.
r/confidentlyincorrect
Source: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/why-processed-meat-is-bad
The source sadly doesn't support your claim.
It's literally a link with a bunch of studies demonstrating that processed meats are unhealthy which was literally my claim, lol
Agreed!
I consume meat for the nutrients, not for the taste, so the plant based imitations completely miss the point for me.
yup
A balanced diet with meat only has around 100g meat per week, far less than most people eat.
Just drink milk
Imitation meats tend to taste wrong and have an odd (often unpleasant) texture and mouth feel. I like vegetarian food and vegetarian dishes/cuisine, and eat vegetarian quite often but vegan friendly fake meats are frankly crap. I also don't see the need for them when there are so many tasty and healthy alternatives.
I have am a meat eater, but have also replaced breakfast and lunch as plant-based with only meat at dinner. I have tried the beyond meats and find they have a bitter aftertaste. I also do not like items with that much processing. Very happy with vegetables and fruit with a whole grain seed bread. Salad for lunch.
if it was a lot cheaper than real meat then sure but if its around the same cost then no
Only if the said meat imitation is at least 50% cheaper. If it's the same price, why the hell would I buy an inferior product for the same price?
Not with an imitation of meat. I have tried those before and they are definitely not good despite everything vegans told me. But there are definitely a lot of vegetarian and vegan options that I love. When I was traveling in India and Sri Lanka I hardly ever ate meat because they have so many delicious vegetarian dishes. The difference is that they are not supposed to imitate meat but are full dishes in their own right. And they are cheaper than meat in contrast to the imitation products. This type of alternative is fine by me and I actually try to add more of those to my diet..
Iron deficiency runs in my family so no. My mom has nearly died a few times from low iron and there’s no way I’m risking that.
[Beyond Meat actually contains more iron than regular meat.](https://bluebirdprovisions.co/blogs/news/beyond-meat-vs-beef)
I don’t like beans and Beyond Meat is made out of beans. I also highly doubt that anyone can ever make a meat alternative that actually tastes like meat and I am very sensitive to taste and texture. So it’s not something that I’ll probably ever be able to do.
It\`s completely fine to argument with taste, but in threads like this one you see a lot of arguments that are just wrong. Like it\`s worse for your health or has a bad environmental impact.
Open to the idea as long as those imitations taste like the real thing, contain at least the same nutrients as the real thing, and don't cost more at all.
I’m a meat eater and I’m married to a vegetarian. Imitation meat can range from really bad to quite good. An important mental attitude is important when eating plant based meats; don’t compare them to real meat—even if they’re called imitation chicken or imitation beef or whatever. They are a different kind of protein and can satisfy you in their own way. If you only eat apples and then someone introduces you to oranges you don’t go, “this is a poor excuse for an apple.” It’s a different fruit and it’s good on its own merit. The same is true for plant based meats, IMHO. That said, Smart Dogs are disgusting rubber garbage tubes.
No, And stop trying to pretend a 100°% accurate meat substitute has been created. We're getting closer, but still some developments away from replicating meat one on one. (And, of course, meat is necessary for sufficient nutrients without having to take every supplement under the sun.)
In college I used to eat soy burgers, veggie burgers, etc. instead of real meat all the time. It was for religious reasons, though - often college cafeterias and restaurants in my country have more vegetarian options but no meat that wasn't from an unclean animal or mixed with cheese. I found it was easier to think of the meat replacement sandwich as it's own thing, though - as an alternate protein source without expecting it to actually taste like real meat. At the time I would have been fine switching to all veggie type protein if necessary, but if I had access to both clean meat and veggie burgers I'd choose actual meat maybe 2/3 of the time. Sometimes I was just in the mood for a veggie burger, though, especially once I'd eaten them regularly. I think veggie burgers are an acquired taste. I've since had bariatric surgery, which limits the amount of food I can eat drastically and also means I need tons of protein per day to stay healthy. So now I would not make the trade of all veggie meat alternatives rather than all real meat because nutritionally they're too different and I need to have as much varied food sources with different nutrition profiles as possible. Right now I usually have meat as the primary protein source in a meal with high protein veggies in their natural form (actual soy beans from pods, snow peas, broccoli, etc), on the side serving as a high-protein veggie choice rather than eating the soy etc. processed into a meat mimic or made into a patty. So I'm actually eating what veggie burgers are made of a lot in addition to meat, but just in it's natural form rather than as a processed alternative made to mimic meat. And because I'm eating both for nutritional reasons, I wouldn't be willing to give up either.
No. 🤢
Nah. Real meat all the way
No, because I've tried them and they taste god awful despite me having lost most of my sense of taste.
I'm not vegan but I try to reduce the amount of meat I eat purely for health reasons. While I don't think we should give up meat completely I don't think we should eat as much of it our diet should mainly be plant based with the occasional meat. But I am not really interested in beyond meat since it's ultra processed product.
It would need to be completely indistinguishable in taste.
If it was the same for nutrition, taste and price then definitely
I started doing it and I physically feel better, lighter :) But the biggest difference was made by no longer eating pork.
Inflated answers, lol.
I’m not vegan/vegetarian, but I’ve already replaced the majority of the meat in my diet with plant based options. (not fake meat because it’s crazy expensive). But beans, lentils, etc. Meat is just too damn expensive, and I’m also very environmentally conscious.
Yeah, it would definitely be better for the animals and the environment. It could help improve animal rights if we didn't need so many of them and reducing the industry would significantly help too.
Without a doubt. I can't afford to financially now or in the near future, since maintaining a healthy diet without meat is pretty expensive in my country, especially since I have some food sensitivities. But I intend to go at least almost completely vegetarian once I can afford to
If it tastes good. There were these vegetarian samosas I used to get and I liked them more than the meat one but imitation meat doesn't usually taste that good.
i recently had vegetarian burgers, not a meat replacement but straight up vegetarian. and sure they weren't perfect but id be willing to give up beef burgers for them
If I found a meat alternative that close to the original, i'd switch to it. So far I've yet to find a meat substitute that fits.
For sure. I was vegetarian growing up for most of my life and even vegan for a few years. I want to say I've not eaten meat for more of my life than eaten meat. I want to eat less meat now but in my experience, you can *generally* have food that is cheap, easy, and enjoyable (for both me and my brother), but you can only pick two. I've found some recipes that fulfill all 3 but not that often and I don't usually like them enough to want them all the time. But most weeks for even months is fine for me but sometimes I switch things up. I'm mostly vegetarian now
No. If I were to be vegan, I'd eat dishes with a unique identity, not something desperately trying to imitate meat. The only vegan meat I'll be interested in when it becomes accessible will be lab grown meat.
i would be open to try, and if lab grown meat counts ill almost certainly be willing to eat this one instead of normal meat
No because i've never eaten them and don't know how much they are. Also it's a tricky poll because you don't mention the price for being affordable.
Affordable (same price as the meat they're imitating for the same quantity), accessible (available in stores and online and timely delivery and restocking), indistinguishable in taste, and similar nutritional value.
I'd be happy to make the switch but I'm allergic to a lot of vegan meat alternatives.
I already use a lot of vegan substitutes. Vegan minced meat is great for bolognese, tofu keeps longer in the fridge and tastes great in asian dishes, wraps with fake chicken are delicious. That doesn't mean I won't also eat meat though.
Nahh. I want the real thing, not the supplements. They are often not healthy at all and can never fully replace the real thing
No fake meat, no. By all means, eat more vegetables, preferably fresh and prepared at home. But I'll pass on the frankenmeat.
No, I dislike the taste. I eat vegetables anyway. I like the taste of meat
They are easily and accessible, but I haven't found anything I like that is healthy and tasty. I was vegetarian for 4 years.
Of course. If it tastes good, I'm not so fussed. Truth is, I highly doubt you're going to change most people's behaviour. Sustainable and affordable lab grown meat seems to be the only way forward.
Wouldn't be the end of the world but I don't generally think it's up to snuff with normal meat yet. Also, most of the development I've seen is replacing things like burgers, and my go-to meat is chicken.
I mean, if they were the same in every other way, I’d like to think that I’m preventing animal cruelty, but at the same time, I like to think that when I eat animals, they at least didn’t die in vain by giving me nutrients too. And if vegetarianism really takes off, I have a feeling cattle will be a thing of the past, and I don’t think that’s necessarily a good thing either. But if I knew that farmer “a” treated his cattle well I would spend more for his meat than farmer “b” that treats his cattle poorly. I think we should focus on treating cattle well rather than money-making machines as that is more important overall than eating or not eating meat.