How the vegan food trend made a star of the stinking jackfruit

Re:How the vegan food trend made a star of the stinking jack... by bitesociety on Saturday February 16, 2019 @02:12PM (#19180375)

As a vegan, I enjoy jackfruit occasionally but it's a a long ways removed from the taste and texture of the new generation of plant based meats.

If I'm eating healthy I'd rather go for other more accessible fruit, veggies and legumes and if eating for meat taste instead would prefer Impossible, Beyond, Gardein and Hungry Planet etc.

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Re:How the vegan food trend made a star of the stinking jack... by strken on Saturday February 16, 2019 @02:27PM (#19180461)

As an omnivore I quite like the fake pulled "pork" made from green jackfruit. It reminds me of the texture of artichoke hearts, whereas lots of the new fake meats fall into the uncanny valley.

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Re:How the vegan food trend made a star of the stinking jack... by bitesociety on Saturday February 16, 2019 @02:54PM (#19180597)

I guess there must be a market for it, pizza hut wouldn't have launched it otherwise. btw, not sure if you've tried the recent V2 launches but impossible and beyond keep getting better year on year. I've had omni friends start to post positively about the over the past month or two which is a big change from even just a year or two ago.

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