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Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by puranjay »

aphextron wrote: post #26

What is it with first-world vegans/vegetarians wanting to eat these extremely processed imitation meat frozen foods? There is an entire tradition of vegetarian cuisine around the world from Rasta Ital, to Hindu Sattvic, Afghani, and Thai which you could learn with just a tiny bit of effort.

Indian vegetarian food is great (I'm Indian). But its biggest problem is the lack of any "solid" food or texture (which is why you see raw onion on every Indian dinner plate - to give the necessary crunch to dal-rice).

Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by puranjay »

spraak wrote: post #157
throwaway2016a wrote: post #56

I am extremely eager to see lab grown meat more so than I am eager to see better meat substitutes become mainstream. However, being a meat eater, since the news of this product came out however many months and years it was, I have been wanting to try it. Which is more than I can say for other meat substitutes.

It's hard for me to understand the excitement for lab meat. Can you explain your interest?

Meat minus the guilt. A more moral meat, if you will.

I can get behind the idea. I can't morally justify eating one animal, loving another.

Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by ZenoArrow »

concinds wrote: post #25
ZenoArrow wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No explicit mention of soy, plus "The analysis did not explore reasons for the decline". Furthermore, it's said that plant-derived oestrogen does not act in the same way as human-derived oestrogen. I'll find a link... EDIT: Link... http://www.pcrm.org/health/cancer-resources/ask/ask-the-expe... "Phytoestrogens, being weak estrogens, are like small, private planes with few passengers and no cargo, yet they still occup…

Why would it mention soy? The article only brings up what I said it brought up, the fertility decline. Soy protein does blunt testosterone production. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131010091557.h... Soy's effects are well known, at least among (some) doctors. -- edited after the parent's edit: Soy contains phytoestrogens, which are endocrine disruptors. Soy is incredibly estrogenic ( http://igrow.org/…

Do any of these doctors you refer to also note that beer is a high source of phytoestrogens?

Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by shanev »

L_Rahman wrote: post #98
codq wrote: post #92

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I live literally a block away from Ssam bar--I'll be going in tomorrow for lunch to try this out. Thanks for the tip!

I'm afraid they've taken the Impossible Foods version off the menu :( They do they same pork version at both lunch and dinner now. I'll ask why they switched next time I stop by. Aside: I too live very close to Ssam Bar and would be happy to get a coffee in the neighborhood. If you're interested, contact info is in my profile.

I too live nearby and would love to try the non-processed food version.

Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by prostoalex »

jochakovsky wrote: post #120

Tried an Impossible Burger for the first time the other day. In a burger with lots of condiments and toppings, it was OK, but not something I'd order again. When I took a bite of it by itself, it tasted like cat food. Since there are so many positive reviews, I wonder if it just wasn't prepared correctly? The restaurant had only started serving it a few days earlier.

I tried one at Umami Burger and left with the same general impression as you. It was bland by itself, saved by copious melted cheese Umami Burger serves it with, and did not have any of the nice pink associated with medium-rare. I guess it's comparable to a fast food burger, but does not seem like anything I'd want to repeat. The sugars and vegetable oils listed on the ingredients list make me wonder if the whole thing is even healthy.

Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by ThePadawan »

nostromo wrote: post #42

I'm happy to see that fat and protein are the main ingredients. http://impossiblefoods.com/images/faq/nutrition-facts.png A lot of veggie imitation meats are low on fat and protein and extremely high on processed carbs.

I'm glad as well - I've found that even seemingly similar products by different brands will wildly vary in carb/protein content.

I could go grab two brands of non-meat burger patty off the shelves right now, and one will be 25% carbs, and one 6%. It's ridiculous.

Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by chadcmulligan »

mikekchar wrote: post #139
acchow wrote: post #11

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I tried the Impossible Meats burger - it was nowhere near as tasty as a beef burger. I think it could be improved drastically by just adding a little MSG tho.

I just want to point out that there are lots of ways to get umami. MSG is just one of them (and not really a great way IMHO). I cooked vegan at home for a long time (I'm not actually an ethical vegan, I just like vegan food). Konbu dashi will give you similar glutamate profiles, but tomatoes, fermented products like shoyu and miso, etc are simple ways to boost the umami as well. Usually the biggest trick in good vega…

I make a black bean / brown rice / sweet potato with cumin vege burger that tastes pretty good

Re: Impossible Foods has raised $75M for its plant-based burgers

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Post by honestoHeminway »

Taek wrote: post #131
shanev wrote: post #128

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How do you know for that sure it will reduce the number of animal lives and reduce CO2? Farming the plants needed to produce this fake meat takes up land, potentially (and most likely) more land needed to produce equal amounts of meat. Unless they are running a completely solar operation and managing their farms using a system of rotational grazing that sequesters CO2, they most certainly are emitting it. I see this…

Are you sure? Cows eat plants. The footprint from cows is largely due to the fact that you need 14 pounds of grain per pound of cow, if I remember correctly. Unless these burgers are somehow taking 14 pounds of grain to produce per pound of burger, I think we're in a better place. That said, eliminating cows I still don't think will help the environment. That freed up land will be bought and used for some other purpo…

The other purpose beeing green fuels? Im okay with this.
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