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beeseverywhen · 2 years ago

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Yeah from the other side of this, literally all of those 'fake chicken' and any other fake meat product are all made from soy here. I've got a severe allergy to soy. It's seriously annoying when they label stuff like its chicken and its only when you look really carefully you see its 'fake chicken' or 'not chicken' or something along those lines. I've always eaten quite a lot of veggie food as i grew up with veggie parents but I'm put off from buying stuff now as rather than it being called a 'soy burger' which I straight away know I can't eat, without bothering to read through the ingredients, they call it 'fake chicken'. And they are always selling these fake meat products like they are a healthier option. Frankly, if it barely resembles the food it started out as, I don't see how any of the 'burger bad, too processed' arguments don't apply to it??? I miss when the veggie section was filled with things that actually tasted like vegetables? Pea burgers and bean burgers were good! I don't want not-beef or not-chicken

I would really appreciate if grocery stores stopped putting organic meats and plant based fake meat products in the same section of the cooler, like mixed up together. They’re not the same thing, I cannot eat chicken no matter if it’s organic or free range or whatever, and I have no doubt a meat eater would likewise be unhappy to have found they grabbed a plant based product when they were wanting real chicken. The packaging and styling of both products looks so similar, I now have to spend so much time carefully analyzing everything I want to buy

#from a health perspective i really don't think a lot of these 'plant based' foods are as good for the human body as ppl think either #if that's what you want to eat go ahead. i don't think 'healthy eating' should be a moral requirement lol #but it seems very opportunistic for these corporate entities to be selling ppl on the idea that they are eating healthier and #saving the planet. by eating foods that are just as processed as a highly processed meat product and have excessive food miles #I've been reading recently about ultra processed foods which is a way of catagorising the health of foods based on how processed they are #at first i was really sceptical but tbh after some reading im inclined to think there's a lot more truth to it than advertisers might want #you to believe #anyway. what surprises a lot of ppl when you start rating things by how processed they are is a lot of 'healthy options' rate really highly #sliced bread is one of the worst. even the wholemeal no sugar options. and not just in the us (I'm in europe) and all these #'plant based' ready to go foods are too. (obviously so are the meat ones but people see sausage rolls and burgers as unhealthy. they pick #'not chicken' often because they are trying to be more health/environment concious. so it seems really unfair that they are being mislead #the idea behind rating foods by their processing is when you are processing them to that degree.you are changing the structure of that food #which impacts on the bodies ability to digest it. often they are partway to be broken down before they reach your mouth which gives you #sugar spikes you wouldn't get from that food before it was processed to such a degree. your body also responds differently to fat that's #on its way to being broken down and more can end up being stored. plus plant nutrients begin to break down from point of harvest so #these foods which are processed so they last longer tend to be less nutritionally dense. it's very interesting.#i don't think we should shame ppl for picking less healthy options but they should know they are picking less healthy options #frankly if i eat something that's not good for me. i want it to taste like its not good for me!#I've no interest if the 'healthier option' doesnt taste as good as the alternative and also has no health benefits but that's just me

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