Carbohydrates get quickly stored as fat if not used as energy. Carbs and sugar are the culprit behind the obesity epidemic, not meat.
Converting carbs into fat is very ineffective, losing about 40% of the calories in the process. You can get fat just from carbs but it’s not easy. But start adding empty fat calories like oils to those carbs and you’ll store the fat directly and just burn the carbs for energy.
It’s pretty hard to gain weight eating boiled potatoes but you’ll pack on pounds eating fries.
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.
Just curious.. how can you be bullish about lab grown meat without knowing if any companies are involved in it? It may be a 100b+ company, or it may be that producing lab grown meat costs 100x as much and there is no way to reduce that. Have there been any initial figures? If so, why is no business capitalizing on it? This is mostly hypothetical but if you have a response I'd like to hear it.
> it may be that producing lab grown meat costs 100x as much and there is no way to reduce that.
This may or may not be true in the short term, but it seems unlikely to me in the long run. There are physical processes occurring inside the cow which don't require many resources. I can't see what would stop us from _eventually_ being able to mimic the key aspects of those processes and to do so somewhat efficiently. Of course, it may end up taking quite a long time to develop this capability.
Odd that they made the comparison to Beyond Meat since they talked about cell culture fish, not really comparable to Beyond Meat which uses plants which we already know how to grow at scale. I think if they are looking for the Beyond Meat of salmon Terramino Foods (I think they rebranded as Prime Roots) is a much closer pick https://www.fastcompany.com/40559474/this-salmon-burger-tast...
To me, seeing YuppieVCFoodStartup brand names in a restaurant is akin to the restaurant advertising they’re selling me Lays(tm) chips as the side to my burger. While I have no urge to eat food for its ability to imitate meat (so I’m not the target audience anyway), I think these products belong in a grocery or convenience store, not a dining establishment. It feels to me like paying a premium to eat frozen store-boug…
On the other hand, beyond meat has quickly become a household name and the trademark is losing meaning quickly.
To me, seeing YuppieVCFoodStartup brand names in a restaurant is akin to the restaurant advertising they’re selling me Lays(tm) chips as the side to my burger. While I have no urge to eat food for its ability to imitate meat (so I’m not the target audience anyway), I think these products belong in a grocery or convenience store, not a dining establishment. It feels to me like paying a premium to eat frozen store-boug…
Do you also object to the entire concept of ordering a Budweiser™ beer at a restaurant or bar? I mean... You can drink that at home for a quarter of the price. Somehow I don't feel the urge to tell someone enjoying a Budweiser™ beer at a bar that their drink "belongs" for sale only at a grocery/convenience store for at-home consumption only. I buy sandwiches from a place that advertises they use Boar's Head meat. Shr…
Do you also object to the entire concept of ordering a Budweiser™ beer at a restaurant or bar?
> While I have no urge to eat food for its ability to imitate meat (so I’m not the target audience anyway) That's a very short sighted view. This isn't about vegetarianism. It's about the environmental crisis, and the overfishing crisis, that we're currently experiencing at a global level. I don't care whether you are vegetarian or not, we are all in the target market for solutions to these problems. That's what repl…
I disagree, and I’m worried that this view will prevent adequate nutrition for children more and more frequently (meatless Monday etc). The next step is then preventing adequate nutrition for myself from special taxes or regulations on meat.
Your children will survive not eating meat one day of the week - in fact it's probably beneficial to only eat meat every other day or less (not by eating processed food like beyond/impossible etc just eating "normal" vegetarian meals).
> While I have no urge to eat food for its ability to imitate meat (so I’m not the target audience anyway) That's a very short sighted view. This isn't about vegetarianism. It's about the environmental crisis, and the overfishing crisis, that we're currently experiencing at a global level. I don't care whether you are vegetarian or not, we are all in the target market for solutions to these problems. That's what repl…
I disagree, and I’m worried that this view will prevent adequate nutrition for children more and more frequently (meatless Monday etc). The next step is then preventing adequate nutrition for myself from special taxes or regulations on meat.
If you believe that a vegan or vegetarian diet can't supply adequate nutrition, then your information is outdated.
Source: my wife who is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
To me, seeing YuppieVCFoodStartup brand names in a restaurant is akin to the restaurant advertising they’re selling me Lays(tm) chips as the side to my burger. While I have no urge to eat food for its ability to imitate meat (so I’m not the target audience anyway), I think these products belong in a grocery or convenience store, not a dining establishment. It feels to me like paying a premium to eat frozen store-boug…
What about ordering Mary’s free range chicken? Lots of restaurants advertise that on the menu. Sounds better than a normal chicken sandwich. Or Coca Cola braised short ribs from your favorite food truck? Sounds better than cola braised short ribs. Some people wouldn’t even consider a veggie burger on the menu, but an impossible burger? Sure. It’s about _branding_. The first time I tried impossible meat I was eating d…
Honestly, that branding for actual meat also makes me feel like I am getting a commodity product: I start to associate the food item together with all of the other food items I get which are "this same thing with different condiments" as opposed to "this unique meal that is notable for being from this restaurant". I actually really like the Impossible Burger, but it now feels like I am ordering the exact same product from every single restaurant... and this is not at all helped by how, to maintain the strength of their brand, they insist on certain kinds of preparations of their patties.
Beyond Rhino, Whale, and Mammoth would be nice. Beyond Human. Beyond Jeff Bezos. I mean, while we’re doing simple nutritional approximations with plant matter, I don’t see why we wouldn’t get more ambitious.
> While I have no urge to eat food for its ability to imitate meat (so I’m not the target audience anyway) That's a very short sighted view. This isn't about vegetarianism. It's about the environmental crisis, and the overfishing crisis, that we're currently experiencing at a global level. I don't care whether you are vegetarian or not, we are all in the target market for solutions to these problems. That's what repl…
I disagree, and I’m worried that this view will prevent adequate nutrition for children more and more frequently (meatless Monday etc). The next step is then preventing adequate nutrition for myself from special taxes or regulations on meat.
A balanced non meat diet is at the very least as healthy as a balanced meat diet.