Beyond Meat Fights for Survival - Will The Fake Meat Industry Survive?

https://foodinstitute.com/focus/beyond-meat-fights-for-survival/

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Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I've been buying more and more bean burgers again. I think they just taste better then meat replicas.

crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y

Yeah, I kind of gave up on these fake meat burgers. Whole Foods here in the US has mushroom burgers I have been buying, tasty.

queermunist@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 1y

Overpriced. Tastes fine, but they're selling a brand and not just tvp.

Gerudo@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y (2 replies)

If only they could get the price to match meat. I'd buy it every time.

Croquette@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Meat is subsidized in a lot of place, so I would be curious to know if meat alternatives like Beyon Meat get any subsidies.

But yeah, Beyond Meat prices are steep. It's 35$/kg here, which is what salmon cost.

Gerudo@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

Oh, I understand the subsidies keep these kind of products from becoming mainstream. Almost as if it's by design.

balsoft@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It's a shame; they're expensive and yet the best-tasting meat substitute I've tried. I especially enjoy their minced meat, for home-made dumplings and belyashi, although I only make them like twice a year.

VeryVito@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y

I actually prefer Beyond to beef burgers, and back when beef prices were soaring, they cost about the same. But yes, they need to lower the price.

Phineaz@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Is there some sort of article I'm not seeing?

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Seitansbraten@chaos.social · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

@Rodneyck vegan will survive. With or without this brand

Rodneyck@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y

Yes it will! Still like a good black bean burger over these, but I respect that this is a niche of the vegan world that some like, and have even used to transition to veganism.

tunetardis@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

I only tried Beyond Meat once when A&W came out with their Beyond Burger. At first I thought "Hey this is not bad?" But then after a minute or so, I noticed a kind of aftertaste I didn't care for.

I guess these days, they make other things like sausage and chicken substitutes, and I haven't tried those. But there are a lot of other non-meat burger options these days.

not_amm@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y

It's so expensive that I have only tried it when buying from restaurants. I wouldn't buy them directly because they're not affordable nor being sold in a place close to me.