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The downvotes are because the comment lacks a little context. Impossible meat isn't around to replace vegetables, it's around to replace ground beef, which is pretty generally regarded as not healthy to begin with. And adding to that, the other processed fake meat products (chicken nuggets, hot dogs, sausages, ......) Are really just 1:1 swaps for processed meats.

My guess is at least 99.97% of people aren't grinding their own free range antibiotic free chicken into a pulp, then stamping them into Dino shapes and breading them with organic flour, before frying them in hand pressed olive oil from their organic olive orchard.

Fake meats often aren't great for you, but generally speaking, neither are the things they're trying to replace.

They're being downvoted because the UPF moral panic is being used to promote the meat industry, which is what this is in this context. They have entire ad campaigns for it, so this user's comment is essentially repeating a Big Beef ad.

Used to eat Boca Burgers after school around 15 years ago and those things slapped. Like a minute in the microwave, throw some Monterey jack cheese on that bad boy, tasted like a slightly dry chicken sandwich.

Not sure if the recipie has changed since the plant based meat revolution, but I would have no problem with it replacing general consumption meat.

I still think there should be natural livestock meat available to consumers. Unless the dish your eating is meat focused( i.e. steak, bone-in chicken, ribs) I think there are very few who really would care/notice if the meat in their food was plants, because it's essentially a fat saturated spice delivery tool.

Im glad you found something in this line you enjoy! I do product testing for a food manufacturer, and customers have been ubiquitous in saying they hate the plant based products. So I am speaking from my professional experience.

That said, things are getting better in this world, and hopefully soon we will have good meat alternatives that are not just niche cases.

Ya feel much cleaner in the tum. First I’ve read of aches from Beyondpossible

Interesting, I'm not even vegetarian and I really like beyond meat. It doesn't taste exactly like real meat but it is so good in a different way and I get it like whenever I have a chance

Ive never eaten meat my friend. Just because something is vegan doesnt mean it has to agree with my body

I've never eaten meat in my life but I don't want important conversations like this shut down by vegan zealots, if it's not good or healthy I want to know.