Beyond Meat

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Been seeing the commercials from BK about how their "burgers" made with this were so great and "tasted just like beef"*.

Well... I was at a party over the weekend where there was "Cincinnati chili" and a variant made with the beyond meat veggie thingy for the vegan crowd. One woman commented on how "great the vegan chili tasted". Having not tried BM** yet, I decided to give it a try.

Whoa! I was waaaayyy surprised. And while there is no accounting for personal preference, it was tasteless and had a gritty, unpleasant texture. I wouldn't feed that to my dog!

* Shouldn't have been surprised. BK commercials also touted their $1 tacos as "great", so I tried one. Took one bite and threw the rest into the trash. I've always been a fan of BK whoppers, as my waistline will attest... but these recent efforts to expand their menu are not doing them any favors in the culinary realm.

** wasn't initially intended to be a pun, but maybe turned out to be...

Beyond Meat? More like Beyond Belief!

FWIW...
 
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I've been on a plant-based diet for about 4 1/2 months, so I've experimented with a lot of the meat substitute products that are out there. And you're right... The ground beef crumbles from Beyond Meat are garbage. They are flavorless and have a weird texture to say the least, and I would bet money that's what the lady used for her chili.

However, the Beyond Burger products are great. And by that, I mean the one that either has a couple of preformed burger patties in a container or the 1 lb block that you can make patties with yourself. I usually make one or two Beyond Burgers per week myself.

The burger product from Impossible Foods is my favorite though. When it's cooked right, it's hard to tell the difference between their burger and a traditional burger. We have a local gourmet restaurant that serves a kick-ass Impossible Burger but I don't get to eat it as often as I want because the restaurant is on the other side of town.
 
mlawson71 said:
What are those things actually made of? Like, what vegetable?
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Pea protein. I looked into it as a backdoor play when all the hype started, no pure play public companies to play really.
There's an ex-NFL player that took over his family company and has jumped in in a big way. It might go public someday, Cargill invested 75MM in it.
Puris.
Here's some FAQ's about everything.
https://purisfoods.com/faqs#

https://craft.co/puris/metrics
 
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vanzandt said:
Pea protein. I looked into it as a backdoor play when all the hype started, no pure play public companies to play really.
There's an ex-NFL player that took over his family company and has jumped in in a big way. It might go public someday, Cargill invested 75MM in it.
Puris.
Here's some FAQ's about everything.
https://purisfoods.com/faqs#

https://craft.co/puris/metrics
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Pea protein is the last thing that would've occurred to me, thanks for the info!
 
vanzandt said:
I wanted one that wasn't already up 250% though. ;)
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BYND chart so far (1) shows common behavior after IPO euphoria wears off, so may not be much of a concern for now... but (2) also shows the reasonable possibility of a "hyped notion actually going nowhere as an investment" and is still waaaayyy overpriced.

We will know later which it is, but if you want to make any money on it you'll have to figure it out "on the fly".

Suggest trading with discipline.
 
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The Beyond sausage is really good.

I've had the Impossible Whopper (garbage). The only good finished product I've had was the Del Taco Beyond tacos.
 
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