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Biggest food trend of 2019: plant-based “meats”

Whole food ingredients are being radically changed, engineered before made into meat alternatives

19-Nov-2019

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Plant-based “meats” contain no animal products, are produced with plant-based ingredients such as soy.

Burgers and other products have a taste and texture surprisingly similar to real beef.

Plant-based "meats" are about 50% more expensive than traditional veggie burgers.

Marketing implies that these products are healthy choices, but that depends on how you define healthy.

Plant-based "meats" contain 8 grams of saturated fat per 4-ounce serving.

Plant-based "meats" contain more iron, but the same amount of sodium as regular meat.

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Beyond Meat

We believe there is a better way to feed the planet by shifting the protein at the center of the plate from animal meat to plant-based meat

Impossible Foods

Working to transform the global food system by creating better ways to make foods we love

Maura Rodgers

Registered Dietitian, trained in clinical medical nutrition therapy at the San Francisco VA Medical Center

William Li

Author of the book Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself

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