|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Jan 29, 2020 0:32:00 GMT
Beyond Meat stock tumbles after JPMorgan downgrades them to neutral
News Video at link:
|
|
|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Feb 6, 2020 0:20:27 GMT
Chipotle CFO: 'When we do plant-based, it's gonna be real plants'
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) may have served up a blowout earnings report for the fourth quarter despite rising costs, but don’t hold your breath waiting for the burrito chain to add fake meat to its menu.
While rival chains including McDonald’s (MCD), Burger King (QSR), Denny’s (DENN), and Red Robin (RRGB) have all rushed to cash in on the plant-based protein craze, inking deals with meat substitute leaders Beyond Meat (BYND) and Impossible Foods, Chipotle is sticking to its simple menu items that use only 51 ingredients.
“When we do plant-based, it’s gonna be real plants,” Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung tells Yahoo Finance’s “The First Trade.”
It’s a dig at Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, which both use highly processed plant-based ingredients. Beyond Meat’s main ingredient is pea protein, while Impossible Foods uses genetically modified soy to give its meatless offerings the consistency and taste of real meat.
|
|
|
Post by barb43 on Feb 6, 2020 4:01:45 GMT
Chipotle CFO: 'When we do plant-based, it's gonna be real plants' “When we do plant-based, it’s gonna be real plants,” Chipotle CFO Jack Hartung tells Yahoo Finance’s “The First Trade.”
It’s a dig at Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, which both use highly processed plant-based ingredients. Beyond Meat’s main ingredient is pea protein, while Impossible Foods uses genetically modified soy to give its meatless offerings the consistency and taste of real meat.
Hartung says when the chain adds plant-based foods it will only use “real whole ingredients,” in keeping with the chain’s “food with integrity” motto.
“We’re going to apply culinary techniques and we’re going to serve a delicious meal, but it’s gonna be recognizable ingredients,” says Hartung.
Great article! I've never eaten at a Chipotle, but if I find one somewhere, I'll definitely give it a try.
|
|
|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Feb 6, 2020 20:12:14 GMT
Beyond Meat CEO reveals why making plant-based 'chicken' was harder than making ground 'beef'
On January 29, Beyond Meat and KFC announced that Beyond Fried Chicken would debut in two test markets — Nashville and Charlotte — in February.
In a recent interview with Business Insider, Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown explained why developing the plant-based fried "chicken" was much harder than creating Beyond's beef alternative products.
"One of the key things with poultry is you have to get the muscle structure right," Brown said. "With something that's ground, you don't have to have that same muscle structure, but with chicken, the consumer wants that muscle structure."
Initially, the two companies tested a formed plant-based "chicken" product that had a texture similar to a chicken nugget. During the nugget product's test run in Atlanta in summer 2019, it sold out in under five hours. However, both Beyond Meat and KFC decided to invest more time and money into developing a plant-based "chicken" product that would more closely mimic muscle meat.
With the nugget prototype, Brown said, "I think you lose a lot of what's great about the sensory experience of eating a chicken breast, for example."
Instead, Beyond was adamant about developing a product that pulls apart like chicken, which required additional research. With KFC's support in the culinary department, the companies developed a soy-based "chicken" product that does just that.
|
|
|
Post by barb43 on Feb 6, 2020 22:31:12 GMT
Beyond Meat CEO reveals why making plant-based 'chicken' was harder than making ground 'beef' "One of the key things with poultry is you have to get the muscle structure right," Brown said. "With something that's ground, you don't have to have that same muscle structure, but with chicken, the consumer wants that muscle structure."
Beyond was adamant about developing a product that pulls apart like chicken, which required additional research. With KFC's support in the culinary department, the companies developed a soy-based "chicken" product that does just that.
Y'know, Mel, after watching those great Lego videos you've been posting, and then seeing comic items where someone jokes about printing faux meat with a 3D printer, and then reading this article about how hard it is to make "plant-based 'chicken'", I'm starting to see these faux foods as Lego constructions. ...
|
|
|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Feb 6, 2020 22:48:18 GMT
Y'know, Mel, after watching those great Lego videos you've been posting, and then seeing comic items where someone jokes about printing faux meat with a 3D printer, and then reading this article about how hard it is to make "plant-based 'chicken'", I'm starting to see these faux foods as Lego constructions. ...
|
|
|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Feb 11, 2020 0:37:49 GMT
CEO of Burger King's parent company: 'We are all in' on plant-based foods'
Restaurant Brands (QSR) CEO Jose Cil is still bullish on plant-based foods at Burger King despite some fears on Wall Street that consumer demand has begun to cool amid a flood of new entries into the red-hot space.
“I think it’s just the beginning. It’s a brand new category, it’s a category we are leading not just in the U.S. but globally,” Cil told Yahoo Finance fresh off the company’s fourth quarter earnings call Monday. “And we think there is a lot of work to do still in terms of raising awareness, what are the benefits of it and then being able to offer some different products as well as occasions so that the consumer could expand their knowledge of the product. We are all in.”
|
|
|
Post by barb43 on Feb 11, 2020 3:13:00 GMT
CEO of Burger King's parent company: 'We are all in' on plant-based foods' Restaurant Brands (QSR) CEO Jose Cil is still bullish on plant-based foods at Burger King despite some fears on Wall Street that consumer demand has begun to cool amid a flood of new entries into the red-hot space.
“I think it’s just the beginning. It’s a brand new category, it’s a category we are leading not just in the U.S. but globally,” Cil told Yahoo Finance fresh off the company’s fourth quarter earnings call Monday. “And we think there is a lot of work to do still in terms of raising awareness, what are the benefits of it and then being able to offer some different products as well as occasions so that the consumer could expand their knowledge of the product. We are all in.”
The part of the quote that's colored and bolded in blue really jumped out at me. When the CEO talks about "raising awareness" of "the benefits" of these "plant-based foods", and giving the consumer "occasion" to "expand their knowledge of the product", I really, re-ally want to know if they are going to prominently post the ingredients list of each faux-meat, faux-poultry, faux-fish item they sell over the next 2 or 3 years where customers can see them. Or will they have trained sales people who function like auctioneers & push coupons and sweepstakes or such to get the customers' eyes while working so fast they disconnect their brains. Honesty. For me, honesty is key in everything - whether it's what I'm putting into me or into my hounds or into my automobiles or into the infrastructure of my house. I'm skeptical that we'll get honesty about the ingredient of the "plant-based" foods.
|
|
|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Feb 17, 2020 21:11:11 GMT
Vegan milkshakes at famed burger joint come with steep price tag
The growing vegan food movement is gaining traction among American consumers, and restaurants -- aiming to capitalize on the culinary trend -- are taking notice.
Restaurant chain Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer is one of those eateries, and it's created an egg- and dairy-free, vegan milkshake, topped with a slice of cake. The cost of The Vegan Black ‘n White Cake Shake: $18.
The price reportedly reflects the large serving size of the drink as well as the special effort put behind the creation of the treat. The milkshake, which was reportedly demanded consistently by consumers who wanted to be included in the Black Tap dining experience, took about two years to develop.
|
|
|
Post by barb43 on Feb 18, 2020 23:46:45 GMT
This Oatly Corp Oatmilk is really being pushed online and in print magazines as well. Are you ready for the Post-milk Generation?journal.the-readymade.com/post/122227049429/are-you-ready-for-the-post-milk-generation-what‘What is milk for?’ ‘Well, for breakfast, obviously.’ Then you may be a little old-fashioned. If you ask Toni Petersson, the CEO of Swedish company Oatly, he would firmly tell you that milk is for baby cows. (which means not for you) The seed of this revolutionary idea sprouted early in the 1990s. And with continuous research on nutrition with Lund University (yes, the whole thing is serious), the founders of Oatly created the ‘milk’ for humans. Their drink is made with organic Swedish oats, strong and tall and full of greatness. Isn’t it cool to get more fibre and nutrition that make you healthy and beautiful, and at the same time reserve the milk for baby cows? Yes. Here comes the Post-milk Generation. Let’s sing with Toni, ‘Wow, wow, no cows.’ How marketing is fuelling the ‘post-milk generation’www.marketingweek.com/marketing-fuelling-post-milk-generation/This is a European article, but any American who has been in a grocery store in the past decade has surely noted the increased offering of non-dairy, alt-milk products made of nuts and plants. The statistics presented in this article are eye-opening. While some brands play on the health benefits of alt-milks, others want to shine a light on the compelling environmental factors. Swedish alt-milk brand Oatly, for example, is on a mission to fix what it describes as a “broken food system”, leading a “paradigm shift” from meat and dairy to vegetarian lifestyles. “It’s kind of a perfect storm where we’re seeing veganism, flexitarianism and people eating less meat,” notes Oatly creative and strategic director for international markets, Michael Lee. “It’s no longer a fringe trend anymore. We’re seeing it reflected as a shift in society and the numbers support that.”
|
|
|
Post by barb43 on Feb 18, 2020 23:50:37 GMT
Here's the ad that appears in the current edition of the magazine Wired.
Wired is an adult magazine, but can you imagine how long it will be till this is reaching impressionable schoolkids in America?
~ attachment removed by original poster ~
|
|
|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Feb 22, 2020 3:06:46 GMT
|
|
|
Post by M. Hawbaker on Feb 25, 2020 0:40:30 GMT
Cargill to challenge Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods with new plant-based burger
CHICAGO, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Cargill Inc will launch plant-based hamburger patties and ground "fake meat" products in April, the company said on Monday, challenging Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods for sales in grocery stores, cafeterias and restaurants.
The entry of Cargill, one the world's largest privately held companies, in the market for imitation meat highlights the growing popularity of plant-based foods and expectations that consumers will continue to gobble up meat substitutes. The 155-year-old company presents new competition for startups Beyond Meat and privately held, Silicon Valley-based Impossible Foods. Major meat companies including Tyson Foods and WH Group's Smithfield Foods also sell plant-based products.
Cargill will offer customers soy protein or pea protein-based patties and ground products, which can be made into tacos, spaghetti sauce or other dishes. Retailers will be able to sell the products under their own labels.
|
|
|
Post by barb43 on Feb 25, 2020 4:36:27 GMT
It boggles my mind how many positive comments I'm casually seeing on social media made by the under 40 crowd in support of alt-meat and alt-milk products. I don't personally know any of the people or I'd ask them how many of these items they've tried? And do they know how unhealthy these products are when compared to what they are replacing? These people are largely anti-capitalism, anti-agricultural operations, anti-fossil fuels, anti-gas vehicles ... and the latest I saw yesterday was a primary rant with cheering secondary posts about "boomers who insist on continuing to use paper coffee filters". btw, I looked at permanent vs paper filters and the one thing that caught my eye was this: www.coffeemakerslist.com/permanent-coffee-filter-vs-paper-which-one-is-better-and-why/Tee-hee, I'll keep my real 100% beef, chicken, turkey, salmon, tuna, mackeral, cow's milk, and coffee-brewed-through-paper-filters.
|
|
|
Post by barb43 on Feb 25, 2020 4:57:33 GMT
This poster ^^^ was a surprise to see, as I was skimming through stories on the internet yesterday. It made me really sad to think some young, impressionable school kid is probably going to see this & then be served fish on Fridays all through Lent. PETA has a "Go Vegan for Lent" campaign going on this year (may do it every year, I don't know). Reasons Going Vegan This Lent Will Be the Kindest Thing You’ve Ever Donewww.peta.org/features/lent-going-vegan-kindest-thing/Here are five reasons why going vegan for Lent will be one of the kindest things that you’ve ever done: 1. You’ll save 44,000 gallons of water. It takes 1,800 gallons of water to produce just 1 pound of meat, which is about equivalent to 20 full bathtubs. 2. You’ll save the lives of about 40 animals. The practices of the animal-agriculture industry are a far cry from how Christ instructed us to care for “the least of these among us.” 3. You’ll save 1,200 square feet of forest. About 260 million acres of U.S. forests have been cleared to grow crops for farmed animals. 4. You’ll prevent 800 pounds of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. Globally, animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gases than all the world’s transportation systems combined. 5. You’ll spare the lives of large ocean animals. As many as 650,000 dolphins, whales, and seals as well as 40 million to 50 million sharks are killed every year by fishing. Happy eating, and happy Easter!To learn more about ways in which Christians can care for God’s creation, visit www.petalambs.com/. To get free vegan recipes, learn how to wear vegan, and find cruelty-free products, visit PETA’s Living section ( www.peta.org/living/ ). _____________________________________________________________________________
Okay, I guess I haven't known any pro-PETA people who were Christians. This Christian angle really took me by surprise. As for how much water, animal lives, square feet of forest, carbon dioxide, and marine animals will be saved if I agree to Go Vegan! for Lent
I don't believe those numbers. The impact might come over a year, but for not eating meat, fish, milk, eggs for 40 days, I'd probably be wasting money (family grocery money ). The food will already be in my freezer, so I'll need to purchase other items to eat in their place, plus may have to throw out items in the fridge that spoil when they are not eaten in a timely manner. Plus, it would take decades, maybe even more than a century, to accomplish the forest saved. Farmland is already cleared. I can show that all over Okla - and other states where I've lived. These supposed results are largely a hoax.
|
|