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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 dfxm12 »

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 seems to be highly processed and perhaps (not sure) loaded with bunch of chemicals and potentially unhealthy ingredients

This is true of pretty much everything at Burger King. It's true of most burgers, too. I mean, any meal coming with processed cheese and a processed bun is going to be on the low end of the "healthy" scale, relatively speaking.

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Post by gnicholas »

JamesBarney wrote: post #114
tyingq wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No cholesterol is a pretty big difference, even if they have similar fat content.

The most recent research basically says that dietary intake of cholesterol have very little influence on cholesterol blood levels.

There was a very recent analysis on egg consumption that tends to indicate that there is indeed a connection. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2019/03/18/eggs...

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

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Post by reddit_clone »

JamesBarney wrote: post #114
tyingq wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No cholesterol is a pretty big difference, even if they have similar fat content.

The most recent research basically says that dietary intake of cholesterol have very little influence on cholesterol blood levels.

Not only that, when you don't take enough cholesterol through food, body makes its own!

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Post by josefresco »

natalyarostova wrote: post #141
josefresco wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My diet is specifically about reducing inflammation. Low sugar, low salt, mostly plant based. There is much reason to believe salt is bad for you.

That's cool, I mean definitely do what is best for you. I think there is a lot of room for self-discovery of our own optimal diets. The salt debate is one of those things where nutrition science can't seem to settle on it, depending on the survey.

High salt consumption is linked to high blood pressure, stroke, and cardiovascular disease.

You're right in that there's some debate around salt, and what amount is the "right" amount. However, for people with auto immune diseases (like me) it's a valid concern.

https://www.cdc.gov/features/sodium/index.html

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

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Post by philipkglass »

badairfart wrote: post #17

They're really decent tasting, and it's exciting as a gateway to vegetarianism. I personally like veggie burgers that don't try to be meat better, but there's still a market for meat-likes. One thing that gets me though: They smell terrible. I've cooked them in my house and have to air the place out afterwards. It's like an awful chemical plant fart. I'll never cook one in my house again.

The Impossible Burger patty is not available in grocery stores yet. I suspect that you are thinking of the Beyond Meat patties, which are sold in grocery stores and do smell unappealing while cooking.

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Post by SteveNuts »

cannonedhamster wrote: post #84
ourmandave wrote: post #39

Does it smell like beef when cooking? Part of BK's draw for me is the place smells like a backyard cook out.

The smells in some places are specifically manufactured. I'm sure the BK will still smell like a BK as this will be a minority of eaters.

Yeah, BK tastes like that fake smoke flavor stuff I don't like it.

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Post by Accacin »

I'd like to add that I see a lot of people saying, "If you're vegetarian/vegan why are you going Burger King?" - Well, I don't go often, but on the off chance that I'm with some friends and they go to a fast-food restaurant, it's much easier and less awkward if there's something I can eat too.

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Post by intuitionist »

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).

My current diet is “intermittently vegan,” and when I’m not eating meat, I find myself preferring the taste of actual veggies in my veggie burgers. Where traditional veggie burgers fall short in my experience is their texture. No matter how much breadcrumbs or potato starch or xanthan gum you add, a patty based on beans and veggies is gonna be squishier than one based on muscle fibers.

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Post by iheartpotatoes »

scott_s wrote: post #152
iheartpotatoes wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right. But there's a difference between drinking a glass of water and glass of bleach. You are claiming they are equivalent. There's something called "context" in reading comprehension, it is when words take on the meaning relevant to the discussion. In this case, "chemicals" is shorthand for "bad chemicals." I don't understand why so many people fail to understand this and have to make this inane, childish observati…

Because when people talk about "chemicals", they are often flirting with the appeal-to-nature fallacy ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature ).

Right. It's a synonymous fallacy. We get it. Apparently we cannot move on until everyone is elevated to the same level of reading comprehension. Stop trying to score petty points, and discuss the issue that yes, there is some pretty nasty shit that is manufactured by chemical companies and put into our food, and stop trying to derail the argument to "own the libs." In other words: grow up.
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