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Its hard for me to understand exactly how the term "plant-based" came to be an acceptably descriptive name for a category of food. Is it so hard to just put the name of the plants in the name of the food? I think most people would be skeptical of going to a bar and ordering something off the menu that was simply called "Animal-based Wings."
Vrimp is officially the worst branding I have heard since Kraft rebranded to Mondelez. Otherwise very cool! I've started eating Impossible or Beyond burgers wherever they have them because I like the flavor and honestly beige blend of 1000 cattle [1] isn't a particularly appetizing product. Looking forward to expanding this to eggs and, uh, vrimp. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/05/there...
I remember when margarine, and other plant based fats were being touted as the healthier alternative to animal fats, and in the end, it turned out that these artificially oxidized plant oils ended up being a direct cause of heart disease. I'm afraid of products such as these for the same reason, because we have no long term health data. I'm happy to eat plants of all sorts, in their natural form. A slurry of plant fa…
Could you please cite your sources for your claims? They are rather bold and contrary to what I've learned.
Women who eat four or more teaspoons of margarine a day have a 50 percent greater risk of developing heart disease than women who eat margarine only once a month
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/05/us/study-links-heart-disea...
Margarine intake and subsequent coronary heart disease in ...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9229205
Butter vs. Margarine - Harvard Health
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/butter-vs-mar...
I remember when margarine, and other plant based fats were being touted as the healthier alternative to animal fats, and in the end, it turned out that these artificially oxidized plant oils ended up being a direct cause of heart disease. I'm afraid of products such as these for the same reason, because we have no long term health data. I'm happy to eat plants of all sorts, in their natural form. A slurry of plant fa…
I remember when margarine, and other plant based fats were being touted as the healthier alternative to animal fats, and in the end, it turned out that these artificially oxidized plant oils ended up being a direct cause of heart disease. I'm afraid of products such as these for the same reason, because we have no long term health data. I'm happy to eat plants of all sorts, in their natural form. A slurry of plant fa…
I don't get this trend anyway. There are lots of perfectly good vegetarian dishes out there.
Why do we have to whore out the food industry to the tastes of meat eaters in the name of saving the planet? Can't wannabe "virtuous" meat eaters learn to eat vegetarian foods without making them look and taste like meat?
The whole thing is some form of insanity.
(For the record: I eat semi-vegetarian in that I eat less meat than most Americans and some meals are meatless. I have been accused of being vegetarian by meat-and-potatoes people and vegetarians also openly hate on me for my "crimes" of eating a sensible diet that fails to fall into either political camp.)
Its hard for me to understand exactly how the term "plant-based" came to be an acceptably descriptive name for a category of food. Is it so hard to just put the name of the plants in the name of the food? I think most people would be skeptical of going to a bar and ordering something off the menu that was simply called "Animal-based Wings."
Also these products as mostly a combination of plants, like it wouldn't be right (or maybe even legal) to say that the vEGGie is soy eggs.
Vrimp is officially the worst branding I have heard since Kraft rebranded to Mondelez. Otherwise very cool! I've started eating Impossible or Beyond burgers wherever they have them because I like the flavor and honestly beige blend of 1000 cattle [1] isn't a particularly appetizing product. Looking forward to expanding this to eggs and, uh, vrimp. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/05/there...
if it is plants, it is not Eggs best way for a product to not work is to label it as "plant based" *insert_animal_food_name*
Vrimp is officially the worst branding I have heard since Kraft rebranded to Mondelez. Otherwise very cool! I've started eating Impossible or Beyond burgers wherever they have them because I like the flavor and honestly beige blend of 1000 cattle [1] isn't a particularly appetizing product. Looking forward to expanding this to eggs and, uh, vrimp. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/08/05/there...
true, most chains are inedible, but I just can't get past the aftertaste - feels too synthetic and unhealthy.
I feel people tho tout "you won't believe it's not beef" have never tried either of them.