Current Events > Plant-based craze shows no signs of slowing down :O

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2022/01/20/meatless-restaurants-saved-700-k-animals-2021/6570343001/

Restaurants saved 700K animals with plant-based offerings last year. More options are coming in 2022.

According to a 2018 Gallup poll the demand for meat alternatives at restaurants is rising as meat-eaters also test out options.

A 2021 survey from Piplsay found that 71% of the 30,700 people polled said they'd heard of plant-based meat substitutes at fast-food restaurants. Of those, 54% had tried the alternatives, 72% of whom identified as meat-eaters.

"Restaurants are definitely trying to meet this rising demand for plant-based products by offering more meat alternatives on their menus," Maha Bazzi, farming campaign manager at World Animal Protection, US, told USA TODAY. "The industry is expected to stay the course in 2022 as meat alternatives evolve and become more widely accessible."

Restaurant chains' use of meat alternatives in 2021 saved the equivalent of more than 700,000 animals 212,000 pigs, 92,000 cows and 405,000 chickens, according to new research from World Animal Protection, a global animal welfare nonprofit organization.

"Looking ahead to 2022, we know that in this category, its not enough to just have any plant-based product in the market now. You have to prove to people that you have better products," Woodside wrote in a statement to USA TODAY. "We did that last year with our Impossible Chicken Nuggets, Impossible Pork, and Impossible Sausage products all of which were found by the majority of consumers to be as good as or better than the respective animal-based products in recent taste tests."

Meat industry leaders are working to keep pace, too.

Tyson Foods expanded its meatless options in 2021 to include plant-based burger patties and bratwurst, while Perdue has explored "flexitarian" options with chicken nuggets made combination with cauliflower, chickpeas and plant protein alongside plant-based chicken nugget options.

"The plant-based food industry is showing no signs of slowing down," Bazzi said. "Some of the biggest meat companies are trying to keep up by introducing their own lines of plant-based products."

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Get back to me when meat substitutes don't taste like ass then maybe we can talk about not eating meat. Until then I'm gonna keep enjoying actual meat.

Not eating meat is a choice. Eating meat is an INSTINCT. -- Denis Leary.

Vyrulisse posted...

Get back to me when meat substitutes don't taste like ass then maybe we can talk about not eating meat. Until then I'm gonna keep enjoying actual meat.

Try Field Roast products.

By far the best tasting vegan mock meat company.

Vyrulisse posted...

Get back to me when meat substitutes don't taste like ass then maybe we can talk about not eating meat. Until then I'm gonna keep enjoying actual meat.

How many of them have you actually tried?

wiiking96 posted...

How many of them have you actually tried?

This.

They keep improving.

wiiking96 posted...

How many of them have you actually tried?

Whatever that whopper was and the KFC thing. The only thing I actually liked was from years ago in school with their faux hamburgers. Those things were pretty good.

What's actually happened, is the prices have come down to the point where you can convince the customer to pay a bit more, and still get some sort of profit out of it.

Lab meat is quite a ways away from that.

None of this shit actually sells in my store

Nothing tastier than super processed chemicals.

Rayman2943 posted...

Nothing tastier than super processed chemicals.

Eh, that's not all plant-based foods. Some brands are terrible, sure. But there are a lot of other ones that use mainly whole plant food ingredients.

Good. Eating factory farmed tortured animals is unethical.

I haven't tried one in a long time and even back then I don't think the taste was too bad, it was the texture that was kind of strange

I don't get the whole fake meat thing

I'd rather just eat the vegetables in their raw and unprocessed state. Tastes better, cheaper, healthier, and less effort.

I'm eating more Impossible burgers than hamburgers.

ZannoL posted...

Eh, that's not all plant-based foods. Some brands are terrible, sure. But there are a lot of other ones that use mainly whole plant food ingredients.

Any plant based meat is glorified chemicals.

Rayman2943 posted...

Any plant based meat is glorified chemicals.

If our environment keeps going the way it's going I'd rather them do the research now to make "fake" food than when catastrophe is upon us. I may not be a fan but this kinda stuff is important.

Vyrulisse posted...

If our environment keeps going the way it's going I'd rather them do the research now to make "fake" food than when catastrophe is upon us. I may not be a fan but this kinda stuff is important.

Nope. Real meat is my red line. I will never give real meat up. Ever.

They should just figure out how to grow beef on a tree.

Why should I care if they do or not? Vegetarians like to go out and eat too. They also hafta buy groceries like we do. The bottom line for these chains is to make money, this just brings in more revenue for restaurants and grocery stores.

"Catastrophe" just means birds and rats become the go-to meats. Maybe squirrel, on special occasions.

My girlfriend makes good vegan tacos

Remember that movie soylent green or something?

https://youtu.be/Sx1j62NLO90

Plant based """meat """ will never match this

https://youtu.be/Sx1j62NLO90

Ill try manufactured meat out when it meets at least two of these four objectives:

cheaper
tastier
healthier
less calories

at the moment manufactured meat has accomplished 0/4 of those so it needs more time in the lab

I have beyond meat on most of my burgers down at my local burger place. Tastes great. Increasingly I've been thinking about becoming vegetarian but I don't know if I can do it. I have been drastically cutting back on my meat though.

Stalolin posted...

I have beyond meat on most of my burgers down at my local burger place. Tastes great. Increasingly I've been thinking about becoming vegetarian but I don't know if I can do it. I have been drastically cutting back on my meat though.

I went vegan for 6 months. Wouldnt recommend it.

Jx1010 posted...

I went vegan for 6 months. Wouldnt recommend it.

It'll be a cold day in hell before I give up cheese.