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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 15, 2021 15:20:15 GMT
I did some online research about the Vegan Egg soy eggs, and it appears that despite coming in a fairly normal looking egg carton they are actually in powdered form rather than looking like real eggs.
Still doesn't appeal to me at all.
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Post by barb43 on May 15, 2021 17:38:58 GMT
Well, I can eat powdered real eggs - I have some stocked in case teotwaki is upon us & we're hungry Attachment Deleted . I'm not crazy about them, but they are edible. If those soy eggs don't taste too bad & I can whip them up with some veggies, I could probably eat them if I were hungry. But, to eat that every day, or even a few times a year? Nahhhh, not likely. When I was company commander I had a First Sergeant who had a great saying: "If we had some ham, we could have some ham & eggs, if we had some eggs." These vegan eggs remind me of that saying.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on May 15, 2021 17:56:17 GMT
Well, I can eat powdered real eggs - I have some stocked in case teotwaki is upon us & we're hungry View Attachment . I'm not crazy about them, but they are edible. If those soy eggs don't taste too bad & I can whip them up with some veggies, I could probably eat them if I were hungry. But, to eat that every day, or even a few times a year? Nahhhh, not likely. When I was company commander I had a First Sergeant who had a great saying: "If we had some ham, we could have some ham & eggs, if we had some eggs." These vegan eggs remind me of that saying. I had to look up "teotwaki". Don't think that I have ever come across that particular acronym before.
I admit that as I think about it more, I am tempted to buy a pack of these "eggs" just once to satisfy my curiosity, but not at their current price.
A carton of them at the store where I usually shop is $6.99 while a dozen large real eggs is only $0.99 for the store brand or $1.50 for the name brand. Even the premium organic eggs (which I already consider over priced) are only $3.00 to $3.50 per dozen depending on the brand.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jun 2, 2021 2:51:30 GMT
This piece focuses more on the dairy rather than the meat aspect of the cattle farming industry, but I thought it raises some interesting points that are overlooked by those who want to do away with cattle farming: How would an absence of dairy cows affect nutrition and the environment?When it comes to nutrition, milk supplies a formidable 13 essential nutrients that benefit health and wellness. It’s also an affordable choice of nutrition, especially for protein and bone health. Calcium, a key element of bone health, costs 12 cents per milligram in milk and dairy, compared to $2.45 per milligram in protein foods and $3.33 per milligram in fruit. In fact, Americans 2 years of age and older get over half of their calcium and vitamin D from milk, cheese, and yogurt, plus over a quarter of all the vitamin B12 consumed in the U.S. Without dairy, could we get the same level of nutrients from other food sources? Robin White, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences at Virginia Tech, studied this scenario. “When land used for feed for dairy cattle was replaced with fruits and vegetables or nuts and beans, we saw a 57% reduction in the availability of vitamin B12 and a 54% reduction in the availability of vitamin D,” White said. “Then for calcium, we saw about a 12% and a 28% reduction, respectively.” These reductions mean there is less availability of those key nutrients for people if dairy land is used to grow other crops. Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends 1,000 milligrams of calcium per day, these losses in calcium and other nutrients would present undesirable deficiencies. What, then, would be the impact on the environment and climate change? Dairy cows produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. But dairy cows and their manure comprise only about 1.3% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Compare that to 28% from transportation and 27% from electricity. According to White’s study, removing dairy cows from production would result in a minor 0.7% change in total greenhouse gas emissions. Compound that with the loss of essential nutrients, this minor environmental gain comes at the major expense of human nutrition. www.vox.com/ad/22362045/dairy-cows-nutritional-impact-environment
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Post by barb43 on Jun 2, 2021 3:19:38 GMT
Without dairy, could we get the same level of nutrients from other food sources? Robin White, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences at Virginia Tech, studied this scenario. “When land used for feed for dairy cattle was replaced with fruits and vegetables or nuts and beans, we saw a 57% reduction in the availability of vitamin B12 and a 54% reduction in the availability of vitamin D,” White said. “Then for calcium, we saw about a 12% and a 28% reduction, respectively.” These reductions mean there is less availability of those key nutrients for people if dairy land is used to grow other crops. Since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends 1,000 milligrams of calcium per day, these losses in calcium and other nutrients would present undesirable deficiencies.What, then, would be the impact on the environment and climate change? Dairy cows produce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. But dairy cows and their manure comprise only about 1.3% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Compare that to 28% from transportation and 27% from electricity. According to White’s study, removing dairy cows from production would result in a minor 0.7% change in total greenhouse gas emissions. Compound that with the loss of essential nutrients, this minor environmental gain comes at the major expense of human nutrition.What a relief - someone speaking the truth!
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jul 3, 2021 13:05:13 GMT
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Post by barb43 on Jul 6, 2021 13:40:50 GMT
That ^^^ article is really interesting.
One thing that jumped out at me was this:
So, here's a rhetorical questions: will the "gluten-free" crowd of consumers be able to eat these fake meats?
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jul 8, 2021 18:23:20 GMT
Fake meat and real meat ‘not nutritionally equivalent,’ researchers find Impossible burgers, Beyond sausage, Zero chicken: plant-based meat alternatives have been popping up all over in fast food joints and grocery stores. Fake hamburgers taste a lot like the real thing, and the nutritional labels may make people think they have a similar nutritional value, researchers from Duke University say. But a new study shows they're not substitutes, at least in terms of nutrition. “To consumers reading nutritional labels, they may appear nutritionally interchangeable,” said Stephan van Vliet, a researcher at Duke. “But if you peek behind the curtain using metabolomics and look at expanded nutritional profiles, we found that there are large differences between meat and a plant-based meat alternative.” "A peanut is not really an egg," the study authors write. "We conclude that a plant burger is not really a beef burger." spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/food-and-dining/2021/07/06/fake-meat-and-real-meat--not-nutritionally-equivalent---researchers-find
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jul 11, 2021 20:51:50 GMT
Long-awaited plant-based chicken promises to be ‘almost identical’ to the real thingBeyond Meat might have another plant-based winner on its hands, one that could plausibly top its popular Beyond Burger. Customers who crave chicken but have given up meat to benefit their health, animals, or the environment now have a substitute poultry option from the company: breaded “chicken” tenders made from fava beans and pea protein. The ersatz meat product began appearing on menus at only 400 restaurants in the US last week but should be making its way to many more fast-casual eateries, hotels, stadiums, and other businesses soon. The company has not publicized a launch date for supermarket sales, according to Bloomberg, but that too is presumably imminent. This is not the company’s first attempt at replicating chicken without animal protein. Beyond took a shot at meat-free frozen chicken tenders in 2012 but the firm dropped the line in 2019 following mixed reviews. qz.com/2031813/new-vegan-chicken-tenders-called-almost-identical-to-real-thing/?utm_source=YPL
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Post by barb43 on Jul 12, 2021 2:04:40 GMT
If I wanted Fava beans, I'd cook up a pot of Mexican Fava been stew, or substitute them into falafel in place of chicken peas, but I wouldn't dress them up & call them chicken. It's so dishonest.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jul 19, 2021 1:43:02 GMT
Faux Fish Set To Expand As Alternative Protein OptionAs the alt-meat movement continues to gain acceptance by the public, industry experts say faux fish may soon become the latest craze in alternative protein. According to CNBC, 83 companies are now producing alternative seafood products in an attempt get a foothold in the more than $15 billion U.S. seafood market. Companies like Gathered Foods, which produces plant-based seafood brand Good Catch, and BlueNalu, which makes cultured seafood produced directly from cells. www.yahoo.com/finance/news/faux-fish-set-expand-alternative-202119795.html
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Post by barb43 on Jul 19, 2021 14:28:38 GMT
Companies like Gathered Foods, which produces plant-based seafood brand Good Catch, and BlueNalu, which makes cultured seafood produced directly from cells. This strikes me as the grossest attempt at producing faux food yet.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Jul 26, 2021 15:24:53 GMT
Innovative New Process Converts Vegetables Into Meat By Feeding Them To Cows
U.S.—Look out, Beyond Meat -- a new competitor has emerged in the market of turning vegetables into a food that tastes just like meat. But while companies like Beyond Meat use laboratories to turn vegetables into something tasty, this new process uses a much more natural method: feeding the vegetables to a cow. The startup, which goes by the much simpler brand name of “Meat,” came upon this process after using hundreds of millions of venture capital dollars to research how to turn vegetable products into something delicious that could be used as a burger. “Vegetables are ugly and horrible, and no one likes them,” said Meat researcher Winston Sullivan. “We tried everything to make them edible, but nothing worked -- except maybe covering them in ranch dressing. But then we saw this creature, a cow, was eating the vegetables -- because it was so dumb and didn’t know any better or something -- and somehow afterward it became filled with tasty meat. It was amazing.” Sullivan says they have no idea how the cow turns vegetables into something edible (they suspect witchcraft) but have now obtained many of these creatures so they can feed them inedible vegetables and harvest tasty, tasty meat. The results are already a hit, as restaurants like Five Guys have used the patties made from naturally processed vegetables to huge success. Meat is now trying to see if the process can be repeated with other animals. They’re currently testing their process on a chicken, though they say that, so far, the results aren’t as good as from the cow unless the product is breaded and fried. babylonbee.com/news/innovative-new-process-converts-vegetables-into-meat-by-feeding-them-to-cows?fbclid=IwAR0P6j9P-kmxxsT9Tw0uNur6Y45s3pwZu5FFX6NGyy9cfV3W5biA07wUvrM
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Post by barb43 on Jul 26, 2021 20:44:56 GMT
The startup, which goes by the much simpler brand name of “Meat,” came upon this process after using hundreds of millions of venture capital dollars to research how to turn vegetable products into something delicious that could be used as a burger. “Vegetables are ugly and horrible, and no one likes them,” said Meat researcher Winston Sullivan. “We tried everything to make them edible, but nothing worked -- except maybe covering them in ranch dressing. But then we saw this creature, a cow, was eating the vegetables -- because it was so dumb and didn’t know any better or something -- and somehow afterward it became filled with tasty meat. It was amazing.” I'm still laughing at this. This is a great idea! Revolutionary even!! Sure hope their products are less expensive than Beyond Meat's. I'll certainly check the grocery stores & buy some of Meat's offerings. I BabylonBee.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Sept 5, 2021 16:25:54 GMT
Bezos, Gates back fake meat and dairy made from fungus as next big alt-proteinAs consumers become increasingly comfortable eating faux-meat burgers that look, cook and taste like the real thing, a food-tech start-up backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is using fungus as the primary ingredient to create alt-meat foods. Nature’s Fynd, based in Chicago, has raised $158 million in funding from investors including Bezos, Gates, and Al Gore. The company’s meatless breakfast patties and dairy-free cream cheese are scheduled to hit grocers’ shelves later this year, with other meatless products including burgers, chicken-less nuggets and yogurt in development. www.cnbc.com/2021/07/03/bezos-gates-back-fungus-fake-meat-as-next-big-alt-protein-.html
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