Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide

Post by maram » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 9:26 PM UTC

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…

Post by jerich » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 9:30 PM UTC

gdubs wrote: post #233

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…

As a side point, milk (in espresso drinks) was one of the last animal food products I’ve been holding on to. My five year old, who’s mostly vegan because she’s allergic to milk, said, “daddy, why do you keep putting cow milk in your coffee, you should stop.” I had read somewhere that it takes around two or three weeks to get used to the taste of something. I’m a coffee snob, and I really didn’t like the taste of almo…

Post by tracker1 » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 9:34 PM UTC

skykooler wrote: post #252

tracker1 wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The issue I have, is that this shouldn't cost more at all. They're literally charging more to process the food they're feeding the cows into something meat-like than it costs to actually buy the meat. If the cows are a less expensive process, then I'm just not into it. (Aside from the fact that I can't handle legumes anyway)

There are large agricultural subsidies on meat, and on corn (which the cows are fed). You can't make a veggie burger out of just corn, so it has to use less underpriced components.

Post by bifrost » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

64738 wrote: post #55

hhs wrote: post #32

I lived in England for a bit and remember fast food places commonly having veggie burgers. This was both in Burger King and McDonald's. It was super convenient for that occasional quick bite. In the US, Burger King has been supplying veggie patties for some time, but I wonder why it took American fast food places so long to expand. For instance, why is there still an absence of veggie burgers in a typical US McDonald…

McDonald's has been testing one they call the McVegan, but it's only available in a few countries outside the US. With Burger King's version being available, I'm guessing that will speed up the availability of the McVegan in the US.

Post by tracker1 » Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 9:39 PM UTC

phil248 wrote: post #250

tracker1 wrote: post #216

There's really no reason other than the "feel good" marketing that this should cost MORE than actual beef. As long as that's the case, it's more of a "pacify the woke" thing than a "make the world better" thing.

"As long as that's the case..." As long as the hypothetical you stated without evidence is true, then we must accept the false choice you presented? I may have failed to understand your point, or you may have failed to make one.