It's probably aimed at folks like me who like meat, but feel a bit uncomfortable about the animal exploitation bit.I don't get products like this. I enjoy vegetarian dishes such as vegetable curries but stuff like the above really doesn't interest me.
I mean it depends what you mean by nutrients etc. but the last thing I saw on this was that the meat is the same thing as the real thing, lots of meat cells grown together. I think the fat might have been tricky to replicate, not sure.I don’t think you could make the same quality meat with all of its nutrients in a lab, I’ll stick to normal beef.
Yes it is expensive and I only realised when I looked it up online when I got home - I would not have bought it otherwise.Expensive but, a good recommendation is always worthwhile
Totally agree and I'm all for itI think lab grown meat will replace the farmed stuff once they perfect the process.
I'd have agreed with you in the past but it's got out of hand now with the explosion in dog ownership during the pandemic. The other thing I forgot in my earlier post is those who think bags of poo make great tree ornaments..That's not the dog's fault, it's the owner. I am a dog owner and always have at least 2 rolls of poo bags hanging off my belt loop.
Now if you'd said irresponsible dog owners will hopefully soon be a thing if the past then I'd be fully behind you.
More a product of my dog being unwilling to fully evacute in one goYou cool barstard
We’re not close to parity on taste, texture or cost but progress has been rapid and I’m confident it will happen eventually. Meat isn’t getting any cheaper and as the population expands, there will be more demand on the space and resources needed to farm it. Lab grown meat will also be in demand by people who oppose farming practices and don’t like the fake options either due to taste or for health reasons.Can't see it myself, maybe for people that want ethical meat or something it will be an option but it's never going to replace a premium cut of meat, with all its varieties and flavours. From what I've read as well it only creates the meat, it doesnt create the fat which is where majority of meat gets its flavour from. All the stuff they've made so far has had to be either heavily seasoned and specially prepared to compete in a proper test, or meat has been ground up and served plain and hasn't had the right texture. Farmers aren't going to stop being farmers and start a lab, so the slight problem of the massive global industry to replace them, we of course use cows for many other things but if thats the case where is the gain if we still need to farm cows for everything else? very little ethical gain there.
Even fake meat - we were told that beyond meat were the future only a few years back - sales were rocketing, share price massive, sky is the limit. Since then the wind has gone out of their sales and they've made mass redundancies several times.
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They're not particularly healthy themselves, people see meat free and they think healthy eating - impossible burger for example is full of vegetable oil and coconut oil , beyond burger is full of canola oil and coconut oil and both are highly processed whereas you can make a burger in a few minutes with with just beef, onion, egg and seasoning. how you going to make
The burgers they make are expensive and are only "ok", so can't say I'm surprised. Anyone who thinks they are as good as an actual burger I would contest has never had a burger before. I read on here that you'd never know the difference they were that good. I'd say that a Tesco value burger would probably be better. But, again, good if you want to stop eating meat and have something meat-like
I don't mind meat free stuff but fake meat is generally poor. I'd rather have proper vegetarian stuff. Fake meat is at best "less bad", but even actual grown meat will never be a premium product and probably always be a lot more expensive than the real thing. I can not imagine a time where people are buying extremely nice tasting lab grown meat from Iceland or B&M. I'd rather be eating stuff like india, thailand etc kick out with their vegetarian stuff where its designed from the ground up to be a vegetarian meal than eat sub par pretend meat.
In the above example with cauliflower curry, I suppose its because few people will order it but they have to have it on hand and prepped as well as extra cooking items out & work space so that theyre not contaminated. Fixed costs will be the same and youd ideally get a profit per table, not having the meat in there probably doesn't save them money as they probably have to throw meat away regularly anyway as better to have too much than too little.
I don’t think you can always blame the dog owner for the dog wanting to do its business whenever. Problem is of course is the cleanup and who generally has to do it? I think many of us agree that (most) dogs are lovable creatures but there comes a time when that same love is offset by a lousy owner.That's not the dog's fault, it's the owner. I am a dog owner and always have at least 2 rolls of poo bags hanging off my belt loop.
Now if you'd said irresponsible dog owners will hopefully soon be a thing if the past then I'd be fully behind you.
I think a lot of current vegetarians and some vegans would absolutely go back to meat if it could be produced without animal suffering. You could even consider it more ethical than a vegan diet when you consider the environmental restoration that would result from getting rid of not only things like cattle and pig farms but also the farms that produce crops needed for vegan alternatives. Vegetarians already accept some animal suffering from things like the dairy industry so it’s an easy decision for them.So nobody veggie or vegan is going to be going wild about lab grown meat
Presumably with one of the aforementioned poo bags.That's not the dog's fault, it's the owner. I am a dog owner and always have at least 2 rolls of poo bags hanging off my belt loop.
Now if you'd said irresponsible dog owners will hopefully soon be a thing if the past then I'd be fully behind you.
There are chicken nuggets and chicken nuggets. if youre eating reformed meat stuff then probably fair shout but reformed meat is rank. I tried a load of quorn stuff last year and I think the only way I can imagine thinking it was similar to decent chicken is if I had been smoking for 30 yearsQuorn nuggets are pretty close to chicken nuggets, but I suppose there's very little of a real meat texture in a chicken nuggets to begin with.
We’re not close to parity on taste, texture or cost but progress has been rapid and I’m confident it will happen eventually. Meat isn’t getting any cheaper and as the population expands, there will be more demand on the space and resources needed to farm it. Lab grown meat will also be in demand by people who oppose farming practices and don’t like the fake options either due to taste or for health reasons.
The amount of ingredients in these products scares meAvoid anything that’s labelled “plant based”
Ditto processed meats - sausages, burgers, et alThe amount of ingredients in these products scares me