Beware Of The Marketers

[Robert M]

If facts can't be repeated thru double blind testing it is not fact it is just opinion that needs more research.

[Polarbear777]

Yeah but talk about a marketing dream. No wonder the big wigs are investing big bucks, they expect to make even bigger bucks. They know people will eat this up.

I’ve tried impossible. The taste is very close to very lean beef. They still don’t seem to have the texture/fat or something exactly right.

[mountainsmoker]

What does a vegetarian eat anyway. Can anyone tell me? Never mind I found it online I can survive with eggs and dairy.LOL

[Huskee]

mountainsmoker I'm a bit ignorant of them and their target audience, but like you say I too think the purpose is mainly for meat eaters who want to cut back w/o feeling like they're cutting back. Sounds like they're too realistic for those who simply don't like meat.

[mountainsmoker]

I have to laugh vegetarians don't want there food to look or taste like meat. Oh well, I read in an article that more meat eaters were eating them than vegetarians.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Meathead The riskiest thing we do is come out of the womb.

[troymeister]

Huskee Funny you mention that. My Daughter is mostly vegetarian and says the same thing. She says it's too much like beef for her to eat!!...I find it very interesting as well.

[Huskee]

troymeister My niece is a vegetarian and she had an Impossible Burger at a restaurant recently, she said it was so close to beef it grossed her out, the taste, texture, even the fact that they use beets in them so the juices were pink. She couldn't eat it. I found it very interesting.

[troymeister]

I have been trying to learn about the making these products. Processed seems an understatement.

I have tried Beyond Beef. I actually think it is quite good.

[Huskee]

Artificially colored & flavored soft drinks top my list of guesses, especially those using artificial sweeteners too. Aside from the water they use, 100% of everything else is a processed chemical.

[Meathead]

Just wondering, what is the most processed food of all? Could it be the latest darlings of the health conscious vegetarians, Impossible Beef or Beyond Beef?

[Meathead]

I agree. The riskiest thing we do is get behind the wheel.

[mountainsmoker]

I believe more people die of accidents, smoking(which took me a long time to give up, you do it if you want, no judgement from me,) drunk driving(2 tickets in my20's), there own foolishment, drugs and other things than from processed foods and GMO'

When owned and ran Nursery the NC State Agricultural Experimental Station was 60 miles away in Fletcher, NC and I often visited it when I owned and ran my Nursery. They were always glad to show me around there labs and fields. It was always interesting. It normally took 8-10 years from idea to market for a seed. That included crossing parents, and maybe again, testing for taste and flavor, pest and disease resistance, quality and size of fruit, marketability and other qualities. Even longer for the native shrubs and trees I was growing. They often had plots of over 100 different tomatoes and the same of other vegetables. It was manned by a staff of several PhD's and there students and a full staff of works knowledgeable in what they were doing.

Are these processed foods heck yes it just takes time to get to market.

[ComfortablyNumb]

Wait a minute, I see dying with five pounds of undigested meat in my bowels a good thing, because I would have ate lots of meat just before I died, and if you are going to go, might as well go with a full, happy belly.

BTW, I just supported your local economy, my new boots get delivered Monday.

[Robert M]

What most people don't realize is bacteria and fungi break down most of the nutrients plants absorb. So those who claim natural fertilizers are superior to chemical fertilizers are not completely correct. All the plant sees is nitrogen and does not question where it came from.