thanks for your perspective...vegetarian aka "plant-based" meat alternatives have been around since at least the early 1980's in retail though we have certainly been seeing innovation in quality/texture/taste and ingredients. It is unfair to group all of these products as simply one category (plant-based) as there is so much variety of ingredients, taste and even appearance, e.g. do they use soy or pea protein? beans/legumes? mushrooms? - they are essentially a recipe and not a single ingredient as you would find w/ ground beef. This recipe quality is why there is so much scrutiny...how much sodium to they have? are there potential allergens? what is the source of the protein?
I am not a big proponent of plant-based meat substitutes. My thinking is that plants taste just fine. We don’t have to make them taste like pork chops or hamburgers. That being said, I can understand how some folks would want that, and if it leads folks away from meat, it’s a good thing. Plant-based meat alternatives get way more scrutiny than beef, pork, and poultry.
thanks for your perspective...vegetarian aka "plant-based" meat alternatives have been around since at least the early 1980's in retail though we have certainly been seeing innovation in quality/texture/taste and ingredients. It is unfair to group all of these products as simply one category (plant-based) as there is so much variety of ingredients, taste and even appearance, e.g. do they use soy or pea protein? beans/legumes? mushrooms? - they are essentially a recipe and not a single ingredient as you would find w/ ground beef. This recipe quality is why there is so much scrutiny...how much sodium to they have? are there potential allergens? what is the source of the protein?
I am not a big proponent of plant-based meat substitutes. My thinking is that plants taste just fine. We don’t have to make them taste like pork chops or hamburgers. That being said, I can understand how some folks would want that, and if it leads folks away from meat, it’s a good thing. Plant-based meat alternatives get way more scrutiny than beef, pork, and poultry.