| > Yes, they are more sustainable but they are in no way replacements. Yes, they are (source: am vegan). > a bean and rice burrito with salsa. It's delicious. That's the type of replacements that should be pushed, not fake meats If you're not vegan, please don't pretend you know what you're pushing for. Beans are superb, but a little variety won't harm anyone. If you'd eat burgers all your life, and then stop eating meat for the animals/health/earth, you might crave a burger now and then. Then you'd welcome all new "franken-meats" in the supermarket/burger joint. Making a plant based meat that's not ultraprocessed is in fact a very simple thing to do. DIY plant-based meat may have minimum ingredients (protein, water & vegie-stock) and costs a fraction of the store-bought stuff. And please stop pretending that omnivores don't eat processed crap, because they do. Meat/dairy is full of harmful things (pesticides, herbicides, bacteria/toxins, antibiotics, all animals are scared/stressed for hours/days before slaughtering ...). If you're eating it, you're not eating healthier diet. |
I'm not a vegan. Fake meat is sold as replacement for people like me. Give me a choice between fake meat and a vegie plate. I will pick the vegie plate 100% of the time. It's not a replacement for me.
I guess my real issue is that people think this will somehow help the planet. It won't. It's expensive so most people in the world will never be able to afford it. People with the money will mostly pick meat over it. It's a niche product at best. But the product is being sold as a the answer to save humanity. It's just a bunch of people trying to make a buck. All this when just reducing your meat intake would be so much better. It's just frustrating to me.