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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by ricardobayes on Thursday January 19, 2023 @12:23PM (#34442910)
Well sure, not the meat itself, but the nitrosamines used to cure it, that's the bad part. According to my old boss who's a cancer researcher, apparently it's pretty carcinogenic. And it's basically unavoidable, the food industry hasn't been able to come up with anything better. Not using it, and having widespread botulism is not very fun.
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by tredre3 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:09PM (#34444258)
> Well sure, not the meat itself, but the nitrosamines used to cure it, that's the bad part.

Burger meat isn't cured, though.

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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by c256 on Thursday January 19, 2023 @06:44PM (#34447259)
It turns out that most fast food burgers are made from heavily processed meat that includes various preservatives and whatnot that make it noticeably less healthy than plain hamburger, unfortunately.
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Re:Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just ... by nradov on Thursday January 19, 2023 @03:09PM (#34444973)
The vast majority of regular meat contains no nitrosamines or other preservatives.
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