This is something I don't understand. I remember several outcries over substitutes/analogues in the last decades.

One was about analog cheese, f.i. on pizza. Another "meat glue" used to form shreds into a big block of ham. Not to forget surimi instead of real shrimps.

Then the vegetarian/vegan craze really took off, and nobody cared about "Eingriffstiefe"/depth of engagement of technically processed food anymore, just had to have some veggie-label on it and all was good.

Just by applying the reasoning that raising animals in mostly harm-free and organic ways is good for the quality of the meat, by giving it better texture and taste, one could come to the conclusion that this Pappfraß does the same to humans which eat it in the same ways as all that other industrial junk.

But I mostly don't see it mentioned, with the exception of Paleo. It's all about virtue signalling and bizniz.

( Sometimes I think for myself that I'd really like to signal them MY virtues, letting them feel my golden shower power... by pissing in their faces... )