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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by anonu on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:12AM (#34441134)
I second this sentiment. General advice is to avoid things in boxes and bags: aka highly processed foods.

The ingredients list on the beyond meat website looks like this: Water, pea protein*, expeller-pressed canola oil, refined coconut oil, rice protein, natural flavors, dried yeast, cocoa butter, methylcellulose, and less than 1% of potato starch, salt, potassium chloride, beet juice color, apple extract, pomegranate concentrate, sunflower lecithin, vinegar, lemon juice concentrate, vitamins and minerals

What are you really eating?

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by hardwaregeek on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:27AM (#34441301)
Huh that’s actually not too many unfamiliar ingredients. Pea protein, methyl cellulose and potassium chloride. Sure those could be harmful but that’s not exactly the same as a Twinkie
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by edgyquant on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:32AM (#34441364)
I don’t see anything glaringly bad here
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by kortex on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:40PM (#34443117)
There's only one thing on that list which isn't food/seasoning/salt: methylcellulose. However, it is derived from plant cellulose, and is basically a semi-synthetic equivalent of pectin, a natural product (or other dietary fibers). Methylcellulose is better than pectin because it's just easier to get standard properties.

There's nothing harmful about it and the body treats it exactly the same as pectin - it passes straight through like other dietary fiber.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by Dylan16807 on Friday January 20, 2023 @02:38AM (#34450173)
> General advice is to avoid things in boxes and bags: aka highly processed foods.

What kind of rule is this?

Half of the barely-processed foods I buy are in boxes and bags. Rice, potatoes, frozen vegetables...

Fresh meat is also wrapped for sanitary reasons. Do you count plain cheese as highly processed because that has plastic on it too.

Let alone how normal it is to add things like starch and salt and juices.

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