Poll of the Day > McDonald's to release 'Vegan' Burger...

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https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mcplant-mcdonalds-joins-fast-food-vegan-burger-wars-185205986.html

The McPlant

Will you try it? (Poll Question)

Maybe, if I hear its any good

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I'm not vegan but even I can see that it's silly to make a vegan burger when you don't even have vegan fries. Most vegans are vegan for ethical reasons, so I'm really not sure how well this is going to go over.

That said, I've had some really nice vegan burgers.

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I've been boycotting McDonalds since 2015. I'd try it otherwise.

(why? They have always had the lowest quality fast food imo of all the major chains so I just stopped going there).

no, they are the eric trump, of fast food chains, ok?

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I already don't go to mcdonalds, it's bottom-tier fast food
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I've had a vegan Chinese burger before and it was nice but what made it nice the most was the added chilli sauce. Without that it would be bland. Still more options are always good. I'll try anything once, twice if I like it.

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I guess this is in response to the Impossible Whopper?

Also, apparently, most of McDonald's money comes from real estate...
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TBH i dont know how far from their normal "meat" patty it would be. Pretty sure their crap is mostly filler these days.

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I'm not now nor have I ever been a Vegan, but I can't see this really helping them win over vegans. If only we had a vegan on this boards for their vegan opinion. Perhaps somebody who calls themselves a doctor...

argonautweakend posted...

(why? They have always had the lowest quality fast food imo of all the major chains so I just stopped going there).

BALONEY!

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I don't like McDonald's. I actually had a chicken sandwich from there last week, which was the first McDonald's I've eaten in over decade. It was at my grandmother's insistence because they're sooooo good. It was not good.

I might eventually try it, because I am curious about the evolution and future of "meatless meat". I tried the Impossible Whopper even though I'm not big on BK, as well as the Beyond Burger at Carl's Jr. The best "meatless meat" I've had so far was an Impossible burger prepared at The Counter (I've had it three times now). It definitely tastes and has a mouthfeel of meat, but not any meat I've ever had. It's close, but by no means is it a 1:1 replacement of beef burgers. Especially a really high quality burger.

but bread isn't vegan...

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It'll be green slime instead of pink slime.

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Lokarin posted...

but bread isn't vegan...

Bread is 2% alcohol before it's baked.
Science fact.

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Sure; I'll at least try it.

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Lol if this is anything like Burger King's vegan burger, they are going to fry it on the same flat top that they cook all the other meat patties, I remember people getting upset about that.

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While this is marketed as a vegan patty, I don't think any of these places experimenting with "meatless meat" are actually targeting vegans. The BK one comes with mayo on it, iirc. I'm pretty sure the Carl's Jr. one has non-vegan ingredients too. Most the options at The Counter had some form of cheese and/or aioli. It's meant more as a meatless option for curious consumers, rather than trying to get vegans to eat at their burger chain.

Is it made out of real Vegans?

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JigsawTDC posted...

While this is marketed as a vegan patty, I don't think any of these places experimenting with "meatless meat" are actually targeting vegans. The BK one comes with mayo on it, iirc. I'm pretty sure the Carl's Jr. one has non-vegan ingredients too. Most the options at The Counter had some form of cheese and/or aioli. It's meant more as a meatless option for curious consumers, rather than trying to get vegans to eat at their burger chain.

That's really fair.

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McDonald's has had veggie burgers for years, just not in the US. There's the Vegetable Deluxe in the UK, the McVegan in Finland and Sweden, Le Grande Veggie in France, and the McAloo Tikki in India.

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I would be more willing to try these types of things if the nutritional value was similar.

9 carbs in a meatless burger defeats the purpose for me.

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ChimeraBlue posted...

I would be more willing to try these types of things if the nutritional value was similar.
9 carbs in a meatless burger defeats the purpose for me.

They somehow managed to get 3x the amount of salt in there, than what's normally in a burger, so, there's that.

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I tried the BK one and it was awful, I doubt I'll go for this one.

Nah. Not interested. I do find it a little amusing how processed foods are bad for us but they offer these as a "healthy alternative" when it's some of the most highly processed food available.

JigsawTDC posted...

While this is marketed as a vegan patty, I don't think any of these places experimenting with "meatless meat" are actually targeting vegans. The BK one comes with mayo on it, iirc. I'm pretty sure the Carl's Jr. one has non-vegan ingredients too. Most the options at The Counter had some form of cheese and/or aioli. It's meant more as a meatless option for curious consumers, rather than trying to get vegans to eat at their burger chain.

All that, plus I bet they dont clean the grills after having actual meat on them each time, or have a separate one just for these patties.

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Nope

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I'd have no problem with a meatless burger, IF it were cheaper than the regular kind. But they're usually not.

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TentacleDemon posted...

Nah. Not interested. I do find it a little amusing how processed foods are bad for us but they offer these as a "healthy alternative" when it's some of the most highly processed food available.

Because not as many people read. Some people hear "vegan" or "healthy" and just go for it without reading what's actually in it...
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It's PEOPLE!

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Nah. The only thing Maccas gets right is the ice cream.

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Yeah.

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Gaawa_chan posted...

I'm not vegan but even I can see that it's silly to make a vegan burger when you don't even have vegan fries. Most vegans are vegan for ethical reasons, so I'm really not sure how well this is going to go over.

That said, I've had some really nice vegan burgers.

p sure the fries are vegan. they used to cook them with beef tallow or whatever but stopped doing that a long time ago. its pretty much all my indian friends eat if we go there

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Smarkil posted...

p sure the fries are vegan. they used to cook them with beef tallow or whatever but stopped doing that a long time ago. its pretty much all my indian friends eat if we go there

they still add natural beef flavoring to the fries

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Mead posted...

they still add natural beef flavoring to the fries

Does that make it non-vegan? I ask because based on the name, it sounds like it wouldn't be. But I read something online that said it technically could still be or something. Well, it actually said:

As Gary Reineccius, a food chemist specializing in flavor research, explains, "natural beef flavoring" isn't necessarily from beef at all.

That's why I ask... I haven't finished the article yet, though...
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LinkPizza posted...

Does that make it non-vegan? I ask because based on the name, it sounds like it wouldn't be. But I read something online that said it technically could still be or something. Well, it actually said:

That's why I ask... I haven't finished the article yet, though...

looking at the ingredients list their beef flavoring is made using milk derivatives, so that would make the fries technically nonvegan

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Mead posted...

looking at the ingredients list their beef flavoring is made using milk derivatives, so that would make the fries technically nonvegan

Ah. The daily product. So not vegan. But it would probably be vegetarian, then, right?
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LinkPizza posted...

Ah. The daily product. So not vegan. But it would probably be vegetarian, then, right?

yeah it looks like their beef flavor doesnt actually contain any beef so it would be vegetarian

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LinkPizza posted...

Ah. The daily product. So not vegan. But it would probably be vegetarian, then, right?

Apparently "milk extract" is something that just pops up everywhere.

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