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Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Re: Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Post by rawrmaan »

gitgreen wrote: post #123
ALittleLight wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same. I tried the impossible burger recently and was pleasantly surprised - it's as good as meat in my view. As a moral matter I will never eat meat when the Impossible variant is available.

This may sound ridiculous but what I really want to try is an Almost Impossible burger. The flavor and texture of a regular Impossible burg was a bit off from a regular burger but still tasty and close to an all beef experience. I wonder if mixing in a small percent of beef will still achieve the goal of drastically cutting meat consumption while still giving beef consumers their fix.

You might enjoy the Improbable Burger: https://youtu.be/vSh58Tg75Ds

Re: Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Post by sgillen »

loeg wrote: post #116
sgillen wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ironically I find that I (vegetarian, not vegan) tend to enjoy meat replacements that don't try replicate meat. I find the ones that DO try to replicate meats taste are just not very good at it, and it ends up tasting pretty bad. The good stuff is still tasty and savory but it's doing its own thing. edit: Not to say the impossible burger can't be good (I've not been able to try one) Just a comment on existing product…

Isn't this just a criticism of existing meat-alike products? Or have you tried impossible burger and found it not tasty?

It is a criticism of existing products, I have not tried an impossible burger and would be very excited to find that it tastes as good as meat.

Re: Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Post by seriousaccount1 »

dghughes wrote: post #158

The Impossible Burger uses coconut oil which is 90% saturated fat the highest of any oil. Saturated fat causes a spike in bad cholesterol. Beef fat has saturated fat but it's only at 40% of the total. Even heme the thing that makes the burger look bloody is even worse foe health than the coconut oil. Of all the things in red meat heme is the thing that causes the most harm and it's in the Impossible Burger. I'm not v…

The article claims the impossible burger to have 90% less cholesterol

Re: Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Post by deadmetheny »

chrisco255 wrote: post #74
wccrawford wrote: post #69

As far as I can tell, I'm the target demographic for this. I eat beef (and other meat) burgers because I like how they taste. If this comes close, I'll gladly switch, even though they cost a little more. I'm far from vegetarian, but I've been thinking more and more that I'd like to slim down on my actual meat eating for a few reasons, including the environment, the animal living conditions, and the cholesterol. The o…

As someone raised around cattle ranches, I really don't understand the animal living conditions argument.

As one who also grew up and currently lives in the rural Midwest - it's people not knowing what they're talking about. They hear about the awful conditions poultry are raised in and extrapolate it to all livestock.

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Post by astura »

shin_lao wrote: post #63
rottyguy wrote: post #43

had my first impossible burger this weekend. the patty itself was like 6oz and cost $15 just for the burger (no fries). i'm in NYC and even this is a bit high for the area. it was also sitting on a large bun topped with lettuce/tomorrow. the patty was overwhelmed. I thought it tasted just ok and would give it a C. The whopper patty tastes better IMO.

I tasted the impossible burger a while ago and was underwhelmed by the taste. In NY we had bareburgers that provided us with the impossible before BK. It's better than a typical veggie burger for sure but will definitely not choose it over meat.

I'd give it another go, they debuted a new version at CES back in January which people say is a lot better than the old version.

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Post by JohnFen »

sgillen wrote: post #100
goda90 wrote: post #41

Here an interesting quote[0] from the founder of Impossible Burger that kind of touches on the meatless vs vegetarian/vegan discussion happening a lot in this thread: "[Before becoming a vegan] I loved putting milk in my coffee and cereal, but plant-based milks don’t work for me so far. No-one is trying very hard to deliver the full experience of what consumers value from milk. We don’t want to follow the course of s…

Ironically I find that I (vegetarian, not vegan) tend to enjoy meat replacements that don't try replicate meat. I find the ones that DO try to replicate meats taste are just not very good at it, and it ends up tasting pretty bad. The good stuff is still tasty and savory but it's doing its own thing. edit: Not to say the impossible burger can't be good (I've not been able to try one) Just a comment on existing product…

I agree. Even as a meat-eater, some of the vegetarian fare such as certain types of gardenburgers are delicious in their own right. They aren't really trying to be meat, and I suspect I'd like them less if they were.

Re: Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Post by jimmaswell »

scruple wrote: post #144
rmason wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In America only one or two percent are vegetarians. In England it's over twenty percent! That's the reason it pays to cater to them. My sister is a vegan and on my urging she tried an impossible burger when it first came to San Francisco and she loved it. But Burger King is cooking the impossible burger on the same grill upon which they're grilling the meat. I haven't asked her but I'm guessing most vegans won't be b…

> But Burger King is cooking the impossible burger on the same grill upon which they're grilling the meat. Why is the corporate world so hopelessly stupid?

What I find more "hopelessly stupid" is being so uptight about the matter that you care if a few particles of animal matter made their way into your food from a shared grill. Even assuming the vegan moral framework, it does no additional good to separate the grills and you're not encouraging any more animal harm by reusing the other grill. It's not like a religion that bans eating certain foods, or an allergy, in which cases it's reasonable to want to 100% avoid ingesting a single mole of the stuff.

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Post by PorterDuff »

rottyguy wrote: post #43

had my first impossible burger this weekend. the patty itself was like 6oz and cost $15 just for the burger (no fries). i'm in NYC and even this is a bit high for the area. it was also sitting on a large bun topped with lettuce/tomorrow. the patty was overwhelmed. I thought it tasted just ok and would give it a C. The whopper patty tastes better IMO.

"the patty itself was like 6oz and cost $15 just for the burger "

Wait, what?

Re: Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Post by matthewtoast »

dghughes wrote: post #158

The Impossible Burger uses coconut oil which is 90% saturated fat the highest of any oil. Saturated fat causes a spike in bad cholesterol. Beef fat has saturated fat but it's only at 40% of the total. Even heme the thing that makes the burger look bloody is even worse foe health than the coconut oil. Of all the things in red meat heme is the thing that causes the most harm and it's in the Impossible Burger. I'm not v…

Of course — all food has good and bad qualities, the question here is really: Is it unhealthier than a beef burger? With all other qualities being equal or better?

For example: Coconut oil may have the highest % of saturated fat, but that data point isn't relevant unless we know how much they put in each impossible burger, and compare that to the amount of fat in ground beef. I.e. despite that percentage, _per burger_ a beef burger might still give you more saturated fat.

The same goes for the concern about heme.

Re: Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

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Post by 24gttghh »

dghughes wrote: post #158

The Impossible Burger uses coconut oil which is 90% saturated fat the highest of any oil. Saturated fat causes a spike in bad cholesterol. Beef fat has saturated fat but it's only at 40% of the total. Even heme the thing that makes the burger look bloody is even worse foe health than the coconut oil. Of all the things in red meat heme is the thing that causes the most harm and it's in the Impossible Burger. I'm not v…

old recipe: 70% sat fat per 4oz serving [0]

new recipe: 40% saturated fat per 4oz serving. [1]

ground beef: 37% saturated fat per 4oz serving.[2]

[0]https://faq.impossiblefoods.com/hc/en-us/articles/3600217292...

[1]https://faq.impossiblefoods.com/hc/en-us/articles/3600189392...

[2]https://www.nutritionix.com/food/ground-beef

I've eaten the original impossible burger, and I can't wait to try the new version.

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