Once-Hot Fake Meat Sees Sales Slide on Price and Being Too ‘Woke’

Re:Once-Hot Fake Meat Sees Sales Slide on Price and Being To... by newtritious on Monday September 26, 2022 @06:16PM (#32989322)

How about just not very palatable or convenient?

I bought a box of beyond meat burgers. They taste terrible compared to 4oz of beef with a little salt, and you have to keep them frozen and get the ones you want to cook out to thaw the night before.

I am probably not going to be able to finish the box.

Edit: Most veggie burgers that don’t pretend to be meat are better than these things in my opinion. They are in the uncanny valley.

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Re:Once-Hot Fake Meat Sees Sales Slide on Price and Being To... by Siddarth1977 on Monday September 26, 2022 @11:46PM (#32991369)

You could just defrost them in the microwave in a few minutes.

I know much of America is incredibly excited to see these fail, but I'm a huge fan of Beyond Meat. I don't really care what the stock price is or how many other people are buying them, my freezer is always going to have a few Beyond burgers and sausages, they've become a staple for easy to cook meals for me.

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Re:Once-Hot Fake Meat Sees Sales Slide on Price and Being To... by newtritious on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @11:21AM (#32996510)

Defrosting them in a microwave would make them even more unpalatable. Also it not what they recommend.

I don’t want to see them fail. That’s why I bought their product. I was willing to pay more than beef for potential health and environmental benefits.

It’s just not a good product though.

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Re:Once-Hot Fake Meat Sees Sales Slide on Price and Being To... by numtel on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:26PM (#32990372)

Definitely agreed, I tried them a very few times and it didn't taste good and made me feel bad.

I don't care if it looks like meat, just make something nutritious and tasty.

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