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01/13/2019 12:37PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
Just read a report from CES where Impossible Foods is promoting their Impossible Burger . Only in restaurants at the moment, but claimed (on their site) to be in grocery stores in 2019. I just asked if it's shelf stable or requires refrigeration. Could be fantastic or it could be dismal. There's a restaurant serving impossible burgers less than a mile from me so will have to try it.
01/13/2019 04:04PM
Plant based, interesting. I love a good veggie burger, but this is not trying to be a veggie burger. It's trying to be a meat style replacement that acts & tastes like burger. I looked up one of the ingredients/additives because I had never heard of it..Konjac.
Konjac side effects:
bloating.
diarrhea or loose stools.
abdominal pain.
gas.
nausea.
Ooh....go easy on it. Bill, let us know how it is...during & after. ;)
Konjac side effects:
bloating.
diarrhea or loose stools.
abdominal pain.
gas.
nausea.
Ooh....go easy on it. Bill, let us know how it is...during & after. ;)
It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop. -Confucius
01/13/2019 10:44PM
Swampturtle: "Plant based, interesting. I love a good veggie burger, but this is not trying to be a veggie burger. It's trying to be a meat style replacement that acts & tastes like burger. I looked up one of the ingredients/additives because I had never heard of it..Konjac.
Konjac side effects:
bloating.
diarrhea or loose stools.
abdominal pain.
gas.
nausea.
Ooh....go easy on it. Bill, let us know how it is...during & after. ;)
"
The same side effects as lactose for some people :)
01/14/2019 09:23AM
boonie: "Swampturtle: "Plant based, interesting. I love a good veggie burger, but this is not trying to be a veggie burger. It's trying to be a meat style replacement that acts & tastes like burger. I looked up one of the ingredients/additives because I had never heard of it..Konjac.
Konjac side effects:
bloating.
diarrhea or loose stools.
abdominal pain.
gas.
nausea.
Ooh....go easy on it. Bill, let us know how it is...during & after. ;)
"
The same side effects as lactose for some people :)"
or White Castle Sliders
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton
01/14/2019 12:06PM
Swampturtle: "Plant based, interesting. I love a good veggie burger, but this is not trying to be a veggie burger. It's trying to be a meat style replacement that acts & tastes like burger. I looked up one of the ingredients/additives because I had never heard of it..Konjac.
Konjac side effects:
bloating.
diarrhea or loose stools.
abdominal pain.
gas.
nausea.
Ooh....go easy on it. Bill, let us know how it is...during & after. ;)
"
Like the old lady said on the commercial years ago, " Where's the beef!" Nothing tastes better than beef you raise and feed out yourself. I feel sorry for people that have never eaten it.
01/14/2019 12:24PM
Everyone I know that's eaten the impossible burger described it to me with wide-eyed amazement. Apparently, it really tastes like meat.
Incidentally, the company learned that the heme in hemoglobin is what gives it that meaty taste, so they just added hemoglobin that was made by fermentation (e.g. an engineered yeast). Hemoglobin is also full of iron, which is a plus, and is what makes blood - and the impossible burger- that deep rich red.
I'm pretty excited about it as I love beef and would be happy if there were a compelling substitute (there is no real substitute :)). Factory farming of beef, in particular, is a significant environmental problem. 900 pounds of grain used to make a pound of beef (or something surprising like that). Interesting perspective on beef farming/consumption here.
I'm sure the engineered yeast thing will bother people, but I don't care. Most people would be surprised to learn how engineered there food is.
Incidentally, the company learned that the heme in hemoglobin is what gives it that meaty taste, so they just added hemoglobin that was made by fermentation (e.g. an engineered yeast). Hemoglobin is also full of iron, which is a plus, and is what makes blood - and the impossible burger- that deep rich red.
I'm pretty excited about it as I love beef and would be happy if there were a compelling substitute (there is no real substitute :)). Factory farming of beef, in particular, is a significant environmental problem. 900 pounds of grain used to make a pound of beef (or something surprising like that). Interesting perspective on beef farming/consumption here.
I'm sure the engineered yeast thing will bother people, but I don't care. Most people would be surprised to learn how engineered there food is.
01/14/2019 08:26PM
Swampturtle: "Now I am laughing....
Impossible slider exclusively at White Castle "
Yeah, my son who is vegetarian mentioned that last night. White Castle was apparently one of the first big customers.
They apparently are working on other meats. I think fish was mentioned.
01/15/2019 02:10AM
Swampturtle: "Now I am laughing....
Impossible slider exclusively at White Castle "
Freaking me out! I had no idea when I referenced them before. Do I risk trying one? Just one.
“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Sir Isaac Newton
01/15/2019 03:16PM
K52: " Where's the beef!" Nothing tastes better than beef you raise and feed out yourself. I feel sorry for people that have never eaten it."
Kind of made me think of the question If I had to give up meat or sex, which would I choose. I suppose some might really choose to keep consuming meat.
01/22/2019 09:06PM
K52: "Beef for me.Swampturtle: "Plant based, interesting. I love a good veggie burger, but this is not trying to be a veggie burger. It's trying to be a meat style replacement that acts & tastes like burger. I looked up one of the ingredients/additives because I had never heard of it..Konjac.
Konjac side effects:
bloating.
diarrhea or loose stools.
abdominal pain.
gas.
nausea.
Ooh....go easy on it. Bill, let us know how it is...during & after. ;)
"
Like the old lady said on the commercial years ago, " Where's the beef!" Nothing tastes better than beef you raise and feed out yourself. I feel sorry for people that have never eaten it."
04/13/2019 11:27PM
I've had one. No problem with bloating. But I hated it and couldn't even finish it. That's because as an vegetarian for being kind to animals reasons, I don't want to eat meat. It is way too reminiscent of meat. Mind you, I haven't had a beef burger since 1992 but everyone seems to think it is quite meat like. I'm happy for that because it is much more environmentally friendly than raising beef. But I hate that it is replacing real veggie burgers at lots of restaurants.
04/14/2019 03:44AM
andym: "I've had one. No problem with bloating. But I hated it and couldn't even finish it. That's because as an vegetarian for being kind to animals reasons, I don't want to eat meat. It is way too reminiscent of meat. Mind you, I haven't had a beef burger since 1992 but everyone seems to think it is quite meat like. I'm happy for that because it is much more environmentally friendly than raising beef. But I hate that it is replacing real veggie burgers at lots of restaurants."
Please, explain to me how it is not a veggie burger?
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