Instead of trying to switch over to highly processed vegan product that tries to emulate beef or chicken using tons of additives and scientifically engineered flavours and textures … why not just start eating actual wholesome vegetables and legumes with high protein content like lentils or beans.
If the cost of meat products is starting to match the cost of expensive meat substitutes … it probably matches the cost of just eating expensive raw vegetables and beans too.
Humans have been eating high protein vegetables for centuries and it is way more healthier for you than whatever factory produced vegetable mash.
When vegans promote a whole food, plant based diet: “I will only switch when there are drop-in meat and dairy replacements”
Ok then I guess we’ll develop drop-in meat replacements: “why emulate meat? So processed!”
It’s amazing if you’re into WFPB, it’s one of the healthier diets out there. You’re just not the target consumer of these meat replacements. But they’re useful for some people to have a better choice. They’re usually not unhealthier than the animal-based product they aim to replace (see meta analysis ).
And here in the US it seems the prices are going up to keep pace with beef prices. I’d love to have plant based be cheeper. As it is rn I basically never eat meat. Both are too expensive
Lentils, beans, tofu, chickpeas. Much healthier, cheaper.
In other words “accept your slop and like it!”
Omg we need this in Argentina
lol what you guys need is a decent government Anna voters who aren’t complete morons
I think Quorn has been cheaper than meat for ages. But then it doesn’t taste as good, so I stopped buying it years ago.
The Beyond stuff is way more than beef costs. £4 for 250g vs £2.69 for the same amount of meat. And that’s the 5% fat beef as well.
The bolognese sauce costs me more than the meat in any case, not to mention the gargantuan amount of cheese we put on lasagne.
Bro how expensive are tomatoes in the UK for bolognese to be that much more expensive than the meat to put in it?
Briefly, Beyond Burger burger patties were cheaper in a (U.S.) Costco than the equivalent Morton’s patties.
It got me to try their v3 forumula… and its actually really good. You have to grill the snot out of it, but it’s good.
Beyond Meat is at the point where carnivores won’t notice unless you point it out to them.
Which is one of the reasons a lot of vegetarians I know don’t like it, it tastes like they remember meat tasting and grosses them out.
lol fucking where??? Im in a major city in Canada and a lb of beyond or impossible is like $10+ An impossible whopper has come down in price but it’s still more expensive than a regular. Thats always been the issue with plant based beef, even though it’s made of soy, it costs me double what beef does, so I don’t blame poor people avoiding it
