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For the sake of the planet and animals, I'm thrilled with the fact Beyond is focusing on animal product replacements.
As someone who enjoys meat, I'm excited to be able to finally get options that don't involve killing something to get there.
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I think that depends on the process. Is it removing nutrients, replacing them with mostly additives and fillers to improve taste color and texture? What are they derived from?
I agree, what does 'processed' and 'ultraprocessed' mean in practice? Are there objective categorizations besides distinguishing between organic food and everything else?
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Why zero carbohydrates?
Carbohydrates get quickly stored as fat if not used as energy. Carbs and sugar are the culprit behind the obesity epidemic, not meat.
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What is the problem with carbohydrates? If it is the refined grain part in pasta and bread, then there are already solutions: whole wheat products. Who do you thing would go for the beyond wheat products?
People who know that it is a myth that whole grains are healthy?
I wonder what effects these foods have on the microbiome and health? I read an article this morning about two studies that linked ultraprocessed foods to cardiovascular problems and early death: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/6/11/18652653/di... It seems like these foods fit in the category of "ultraprocessed", unfortunately.
Problems arise when these faux meats are themselves over-fortified with simple sugars and trans fats, in order to mimic real meat. Then you're losing health benefits of eating the real thing, and you should be careful.
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Carbohydrates get quickly stored as fat if not used as energy. Carbs and sugar are the culprit behind the obesity epidemic, not meat.
Does anyone say that meat causes obesity?
Seafood consumption is far higher than meat-- good luck to these folks, it could be highly profitable.
Update:
Worldwide meat consumption (first graph): 317,000,000 tonnes.
Worldwide seafood consumption (later down): 154,850 kilotonnes, or 154,850,000 tonnes.
Seafood is roughly half of meat. That's still a large market.
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But none of those taste and feel like real pasta, whereas the impossible burger tastes and feels like a real burger.
I had some chickpea pasta from Whole Foods that at least to me, tasted as good if not better than real pasta.
Are there any private companies actually working on commercializing lab grown meat? Or is it still way too early for that? I'm much more bullish on lab grown meat - the company that can build that will be $100b+ company for sure.
It took 100 million years for evolution to design cows and 400 million years of evolution have been impacting fish, so it will take approximately 4x as much investment or time to develop a "Further Than Fish" replacement
Evolution wasted its time making fish move around, vision, reproduction, gills and so on. The replacement just has to taste very similar, not hurt animals, be reasonably priced, sustainable to produce and healthy or neutral for health.