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Re:Impossible Foods' next product is sausage by fhsga77 on Sunday May 19, 2019 @02:24PM (#19954652)
I think from the ingredient list it's pretty clear that it's not healthy:

  methylcellulose
an indigestible emulsifier and stool softener

  cultured dextrose
fermented sugar used as preservative

  soy leghemoglobin
Actually not from soy, but biofactured by genetically engineered yeast. I don't know all the reasons for its inclusion, but leghemoglobin can be used as red food coloring.

I don't consider burgers particularly healthy, but I wouldn't consider the Impossible Burger as a healthy alternative.

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Re:Impossible Foods' next product is sausage by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 19, 2019 @03:36PM (#19955022)
methylcellulose "an indigestible emulsifier and stool softener"

You have to be joking. Normal cellulose makes up a huge amount of most healthy and completely unprocessed vegetables, is considered great for you, and is also an indigestible emulsifier and stool softener.

You can't just name some use that sounds icky and declare that something is bad for you.

It's possible that methylating it causes a problem, but these specific reasons are nonsense.

"fermented sugar used as preservative" So is alcohol, and it looks like this kind of fermentation typically uses normal cheese bacteria. Shouldn't be an issue for most people.

"Actually not from soy, but biofactured by genetically engineered yeast." So what?

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Re:Impossible Foods' next product is sausage by nitrogen on Sunday May 19, 2019 @03:47PM (#19955081)
leghemoglobin... I don't know all the reasons for its inclusion

It's in all the older news about the company and on their website -- that's what makes it look, cook, and taste like meat.

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Re:Impossible Foods' next product is sausage by saagarjha on Sunday May 19, 2019 @03:37PM (#19955026)
> I think from the ingredient list it's pretty clear that it's not healthy

How did you arrive at this conclusion?

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