[gruez]

>So, is there really that much value in these industrial "plant-based" meat/cheese substitutes? I don't think so, but they're being marketed as if they were a great step forward to "reduce our dependence on meat" — a dependence which does not actually exist.

you're vastly underestimating how much people like the taste of meat. there's a reason why countries up their meat consumption as they industrialize and get wealthier.

[MisterBastahrd]

No. They are highly processed and they generally taste like garbage. For months I was told about how great Miyoko's products were. Then I tasted some of the cheese offerings and they tasted like gritty mold. There was a Kite Hill Farms vegan blueberry yogurt that was delicious, but the peach version nearly made me lose my lunch.

[njgingrich]

Cheese and yogurt are not meat, though? I agree vegan cheese is terrible, and the faux-meat products aren't an exact replica, but they aren't bad.

There's definitely less of a push for a general adoption of vegan cheese than there is for meat alternatives.

[MisterBastahrd]

Vegan chicken tastes like a gross sponge and vegan beef patties aren't really much better. The mouthfeel is way off to the point where it isn't even an uncanny valley thing.