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Also tested long term for health effects. Don't add more packed food in my fridge
Not sure why you’re downvoted…
I enjoy a fake burger from time to time, but if we are honest, then criticizing ultra processed foods should always be fair game. These fake meats should be eaten in moderation next to a nutritionally balanced diet of mostly whole ingredients.
More from the produce section and less plastic wrapped goods.
Exactly, don't want my kids generation to find out they've been eating forever chemicals
Too late. At least in the US we've been spraying our crops with pfas while denying it, apparently.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/23/pfas-pesticides-epa-research
I don't have kids yet, maybe there's still hope for the future
If you see the plastic scraps they feed pigs, you suddenly get hungry for vegan food.
So processed meat packed in plastic is free of forever chemicals, how again??
Your hotdogs and nuggies are full of microplastics. Nothing is free of man made chemicals. Even growing your own veggies in your own backyard will give you pfas and microplastics.