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Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by FooBarWidget on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @07:14AM (#47411113)
You are right. I assumed it would be full of junk like most meat substitute products. But I took a look at the ingredients list of the Dutch version, it seems the preservative (potassium lactate) is the only problem, everything else seems acceptable. I'm quite surprised by how decent the ingredients are.

Still, I don't really have a reason to buy it. I don't avoid meat. I specifically eat beef for, for example, creatine and iron. But I guess it is good for people who crave beef yet have an ideological resistance against meat, a niche which I'm not sure how big it is.

Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by ricardobayes on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @07:19AM (#47411155)
Supermarket burger patties all have nitrates to cure/preserve them which turn into nitrosamines when cooked (carcinogenic). Same goes for bacon etc. I'm actually super appalled how the agrolobby with its full-page ads was able to turn something healthy into something being viewed as chemical and unhealthy.
Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by timmmmmmay on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @08:19AM (#47411652)
you've posted this multiple times and it's not actually true. go read the ingredients list on a supermarket burger
Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by ricardobayes on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @10:34AM (#47413278)
You're right, it's more salami, hot dogs and other meat products. But you're right on burgers themselves for the most part.
Re:Beyond Meat CEO 'It's Just Not the Moment for Plant-Based... by justin66 on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @07:37PM (#47419825)
> go read the ingredients list on a supermarket burger

Perhaps a tangent, but they're not required to list "chlorine" as an ingredient if the slaughterhouse washes the beef with bleach to kill bacteria.