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Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by sokoloff »

gwbas1c wrote: post #86
wlesieutre wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Ugh. First: The vegetarians that I know don't like meat. So making a veggie burger that tastes like the thing they don't like is just dumb. What about the other 95% of people you know who aren't vegetarians because they like meat a lot? > Second: When I tasted an Impossible Burger, it was awful. It tasted like a horrible veggie burger. Haven't had one myself, but the friends I've heard from (largely not vegetarians…

Go try a good veggie burger. They've been around a lot longer then the impossible burger, and taste a lot better.

Any specific product/brand recommendations? I've tried several and all were underwhelming (or worse).

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by sand500 »

moosey wrote: post #60
astura wrote: post #37

I'll 100% be giving it a try (I'm already a long time vegetarian though). I like that it's BK doing this because BK has served a veggie burger (Morningstar Farms Patty) for around ~14 years, so they should be familiar with the demand for meatless products. I remember when they first introduced a veggie burger, I wasn't sure the demand would be there, but it seems to have worked out. So it remains to be seen if they'l…

Carl's also has the beyond burger, which I personally think is superior. My wife disagrees, and prefers your standard veggie burgers (we are vegans of 15 years).

I had Beyond at Carl's the other day and I found it very bland. I definitely prefer Impossible.

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

cowkingdeluxe wrote: post #46
dkobia wrote: post #16

Impossible burgers are awesome and I've had quite a few. It also really depends on how it's made and how it's dressed up - as with any burger. My only lingering issue is that it is a highly processed food, and psychologically it helps to know what you're eating.

They are also typically really high calorie (not that it's much different from a regular beef patty).

Yeah, it's basically an ethical burger, which, if that's what you're looking for, that's great. While I can tell it tastes different, when dressed up in a burger it hits the spot just like a hamburger does. The problem is when people try and convince themselves that just because it's vegetarian it's healthy, which isn't the case at all. After all, Oreo's are vegan.

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by prolepunk »

bitesociety wrote: post #58

I'm an angel investor in both plant based meat and clean meat and I'm actually more optimistic for plant based meat becoming better than animal meat in the short term. The rate of innovation has been really impressive and momentum is picking up steam.. once prices get under animal meat huge amounts of people will switch

Hopefully carbon taxes and such would kick in at some point and would include the real environmental cost of beef, so the switching to plant based beef would be even more swift.

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by NoPiece »

cannonedhamster wrote: post #83
pmann wrote: post #78

The article says a 90% reduction in cholesterol for the impossible burger, but shouldn't a vegetarian option have 0 cholesterol?

Fats and oils have cholesterol. It's generally healthier types and lower amounts than meat sources though. It's not always zero.

Calling out the cholesterol is kind of a distraction, because it is no longer what is associated with heart disease. The level of saturated fat in the impossible burger is actually very high.

Impossible Burger, for example, has more than double the saturated fat of an 85% lean beef burger: 3.6 grams per ounce (derived from coconut oil) versus 1.7.

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/great-veggie-burger-debate-...

I know there is debate about the link between saturated fat and heart disease, and further question about the specific types of saturated fat in coconut oil. I have no idea what the truth is, but if you are on a low fat diet, impossible burger isn't a good substitute for beef.

I've tried impossible burger, and thought it was very good, so I'd eat it just for the flavor.

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

atomical wrote: post #81

The real change is going to happen when people can't tell a difference in taste and Walmart starts selling synthetic meat at a substantial discount to meat. At that point the consumer won't care just like the consumer doesn't care if their strawberry flavored cereal has real strawberries in it.

Strawberry flavoured cereal and synthetic meats are miles apart - if we're talking lab grown meat that's amazing - it's tender meat that has no ethical issues. If you're talking the impossible burger, that's a burger that again has no ethical issues and a minor compromise in taste. Nutritionally it's basically equivalent to a normal burger.

Strawberry flavoured cereal is nothing like a strawberry, and can't possibly hope to emulate any of its properties (not even taste).

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by ebg13 »

People should be aware that Burger King has had (MorningStar) veggie burgers for a very long time that they just don't broadcast. This announcement is not about introducing a vegetarian patty but rather about introducing a _specific_ vegetarian patty.

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by vwarner1411 »

jfengel wrote: post #70
moosey wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Carl's also has the beyond burger, which I personally think is superior. My wife disagrees, and prefers your standard veggie burgers (we are vegans of 15 years).

I haven't been able to compare the Impossible Burger. I had a Beyond Burger, and it was very good. If somebody were to hand it to a meat eater at a cookout, without calling attention to it, they'd eat it without noticing the switch. Pile on a few toppings (which people usually do because of the flavorless nature of most fast-food and grocery-store beef), and most people would be hard pressed to tell the difference in…

I too prefer the Beyond Meat burger to the Impossible Burger, but I don't know about a meat eater not noticing. I love meat - especially beef, but lately I've also been trying meat alternatives.

Just recently, I ordered an Impossible Burger, and it just left me wanting beef. It's not that it was bad - the burger looked similar to beef, and was juicy and delicious. But it didnt taste like beef. Maybe it's different for others, but for me, the beef is the spotlight of a burger. Beyond and Impossible haven't gotten that beefy taste - at least to my buds.

When I cook a Beyond Meat burger at home, I usually add a little butter - I dont think there is enough fat, and I also add some Takii umami powder (which I believe is just salt, and ground up mushrooms). I think those additions help the illusion of beef. You could probably also cook the burger in rendered beef fat, and that would probably really help the beef flavor...probably defeating the point of meat alternatives though.

I wish I could cook an Impossible at home, just to experiment.

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by veryworried »

yumraj wrote: post #90

I'm curious as to how Impossible burger compares on the health impact. I understand that it's plant based, but it seems to be highly processed and perhaps (not sure) loaded with bunch of chemicals and potentially unhealthy ingredients that make it taste like meat. Hopefully that is not the case and it's not just a meat substitute but is also healthy. Can anyone with more details please opine?

It is basically the vegetarian version of an unhealthy burger.

If you wouldn’t normally eat a whopper for health reasons, then you have no reason to start eating this.

Re: Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods

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Post by prolepunk »

This is a good thing. More vegetarian fast-food options are coming down the pipe.

I've recently seen a few ads from Harvey's, went there and had a burger. It's not the same as beef but it's a burger.

The good part of having a vegetarian burger is that I don't enter into catatonic state for about 1/2 hour after I had fast food. I can eat fast food when meat is replaced with something else.

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