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Re:Beyond Meat Fights for Survival by carlosjobim on Sunday July 20, 2025 @08:47AM (#44624703)
Aren't they massively subsidized already? It's soybeans, after all.
Re:Beyond Meat Fights for Survival by hombre_fatal on Sunday July 20, 2025 @10:32AM (#44625573)
Most soybeans are fed to animals and only a tiny amount of soybean calories are converted into meat. So a soybean subsidy scales better in the meat industry and makes their product disproportionally cheaper.
Re:Beyond Meat Fights for Survival by cultofmetatron on Sunday July 20, 2025 @12:08PM (#44626535)
and unfortunatly cows raised on soybeans yields trash quality meat with high amounts of omega 6 vs 3.
Re:Beyond Meat Fights for Survival by npteljes on Sunday July 20, 2025 @02:32PM (#44627945)
I checked out one resource, and they say that there it's "pea protein isolate" mostly.

Whatever the case (I'm sure there are soy patties as well), I think as long as they are not pricing it cheaper than beef, it won't gain widespread adoption. Animals are cute and all but people need an incentive that they can directly feel.