Fake chicken > real chicken
the sheer amount of carnist misinformation in this thread is something else…
It really is something to behold. The animal agriculture propaganda did its work.
I already like how they will cost the same as meat, even though they are much cheaper to produce. /s
Don’t even need to taste as good, I’ll gobble up most vegan nuggets alternatives regardless.
“Almost”
Lol, Impossible burgers and nuggets taste better than the real thing to me. The burgers’ mouth feel isn’t as good as the real thing, but the taste is better. And the nuggets both taste and feel better than the real thing.
And I bet all of them are loaded with methylcellulose (a.k.a. nature’s laxative) just like every other bullshit fake meat product.
I follow a vegan diet now, but grew up in the southern US around legit BBQ. There is no point trying to replicate that, never going to come close and it’s just going to use shitty processed food techniques to accomplish it. If you’re going to go vegan, how about actually be vegan instead of chasing a life you decided to leave behind.
Given how tasteless real chicken from the broiler varieties taste, I’m not surprised that something with a similar texture and the same spices tastes similarly. I had the misfortune to grow up around and eat colorful chicken and my brain still can’t get over the taste of factory farmed poultry.
I’m going to be pedantic here, because it’s sometimes my favourite thing to be. But “Vegan Meat” is an oxymoron.
Meat is specifically defined as the flesh or edible parts of animals.
These aren’t Vegan Meat brands, they’re Meat Substitute brands.
Vegan meat is a fools errand, you end up making something that tastes like a processed mcnugget and has 10x the ingredients compared to just using animal meat. I would rather see (less processed) meat alternative foods that stand up on their own rather than trying to emulate the flavour and texture of meat :/
Sure, if your definition of “meat” is frozen chicken nuggets or those sawdust & gristle pre-made burgers. I’ve tried all these meat alternatives and they’re nothing like actual meat, both in taste and texture, and they come with the added bonus of being ultra processed.
Let’s see the cloned meat. I’m really curious to see if that’s any good.
For things like frozen nuggets? It’s already just a breaded and deep fried protein paste at that point. Easy bar to clear and stay vegan.
if vegan is so fucking good, why are they trying to imitate meat all the time? If you want to taste meat, eat meat. If meat is offensive to you, then don’t try to fucking create a meat taste
Because we want to keep our favourite foods. So many people say they don’t want to go vegan until they realize there are vegan alternatives to almost everything.
The vegan alternatives do not have animal abuse and environmental degradation.
The secret is salt.
I don’t see the appeal. If I want vegan fried snack food / street food I’m going for falafel, pakora, tempura, or even beer-battered onion rings. Fried chickpeas, fried plantain chips, potato chips, fried tofu skins, vegan fried spring rolls, blooming onions, fried wonton nachos topped with vegan pulled pork (made with jackfruit), vegan empanadas, vegan pizza rolls, …
The list goes on and on and on. There is so much better stuff to eat than highly processed nuggets. Even if you aren’t vegan, there are much better things to eat than chicken nuggets.
“Taste tests prove these vegan meat brands do not taste as good as the real thing.”
