Beyond Meat S-1

Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by daeken on Monday April 22, 2019 @02:01PM (#19721098)

As a meat eater, I've had mixed results with Beyond Burger and the Impossible Burger. With real meat, it's pretty hard to mess up a burger; if it's anywhere from medium rare to medium well, it's still going to be a pretty tasty burger. The current burger substitutes require a much more narrow window before they just don't taste very good. That said, I'm extremely bullish on these; they're already great and they're only going to get better from here.

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by Slippery_John on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:24PM (#19721979)

I've had overdone Beyond meat that just has the texture of rubber before, so can confirm it has a narrower window. I imagine that's why the Impossible Burger is only available in restaurants: it's easier to control the experience.

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by jordanpg on Monday April 22, 2019 @02:22PM (#19721318)

Good points about ease of cooking and error.

So much of short-term adoption of these is tied to marketing and time, but their long-term success strikes me as a foregone conclusion.

In marketing, they will need to get past a latent psychological hurdle and in time, waiting for the crotchety older folks who insist, no matter what, on a "real burger." Both things are related to the living generations who have grown up with "real burgers."

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by daeken on Monday April 22, 2019 @02:49PM (#19721645)

I genuinely can't imagine an outcome where these don't become commonplace. Not going to predict that they're going to replace beef or anything, but it won't be weird to get a meat substitute burger from Wendy's or the like.

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by somberi on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:02PM (#19722956)

Burger King (limited trials) and White Castle (370 outlets), already carry Impossible Burger patties.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/02/burger-king...

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by toomuchtodo on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:49PM (#19723338)

White Castle Impossible patties are delicious. I don't order traditional meat there anymore because of it.

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by jandrese on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:02PM (#19722950)

You can already get them from places like White Castle, so I'd say you're right. What I'd really like to see is for the price to drop to a bit below that of the beef patty to help entice people to switch.

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by ip26 on Monday April 22, 2019 @07:10PM (#19723999)

With real meat, it's pretty hard to mess up a burger; if it's anywhere from medium rare to medium well, it's still going to be a pretty tasty burger

I must have high burger standards. One of the reasons I don't cook them often is all the work it takes to make sure they turn out well. Right thickness, right meat, narrow temperature range, cast iron... most home made burgers, including backyard grilled, are so dry & bland you can't eat them without lots of ketchup/mustard/BBQ.

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by CompelTechnic on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @08:43AM (#19727997)

Sounds to me like you are using meat that is too lean. Try 80% lean 20% fat beef, hard to screw up.

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Re:Beyond Meat S-1 by tracker1 on Monday April 22, 2019 @07:14PM (#19724028)

I am happy to see a bit more options out there. I do wish the pricing were better. It seems a bit silly to me that meat replacements actually cost MORE than the meat they are replacing. I don't know how efficient the process of extracting protein from soy or peas is, but it should be better than actually raising, butchering and distributing meat if we're to use it as a replacement.

I'm allergic to legumes though, so will continue to consume fish, eggs and meat.

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