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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by gameswithgo on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:38PM (#26984777)
The ingredient list of an apple is also miles long if you are forced to write it out, you just aren't.

There are a million different things "processing" can mean. It can be as innocuous as just chopping something up, or complicated like pickling. Not all of it is bad.

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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by CarelessExpert on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:41PM (#26984827)
Certainly true.

But, as an example, the Impossible Burger notably has more fat and significantly more salt than its meat-based brethren. Sure, it may be purchased due to a perceived variety of other benefits (sustainability, animal rights, etc) totally unrelated to the healthiness of the product, but it's objectively not a healthier option.

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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by La1n on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:46PM (#26984885)
>objectively not a healthier option.

I am not saying you are wrong, but there is a whole lot more to "healthiness" than amount of fat and salt.

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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by andor on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:18PM (#26985368)
The Impossible Burger has about 12% fat which is quite lean. As far as I understand, the meat in most burgers is around 20% fat. Adding things like breadcrumbs, eggs or onions to the patties will of course change the amount.
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Re:Vegan cheese has quietly but steadily infiltrated mainstr... by CarelessExpert on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:14PM (#26988016)
> The Impossible Burger has about 12% fat which is quite lean. As far as I understand, the meat in most burgers is around 20% fat.

Depends on the beef. I looked the numbers up before I commented, and a simple beef burger made with lean ground beef weighs in at 11% fat, slightly less than the Impossible version (though yup, I admit, basically equivalent, which is what I should've said).

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