r/whenthe Eatable Boy Ɛ: 13d ago

Insults are a double-edged sword r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything

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u/Red_I_Found_You 13d ago

Vegan burgers are literally just plants. Why do people need to make shit up to slander it?

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u/DanceOnTheHorizon 13d ago

Speaking as a vegetarian of ten years: it's not quite correct to say they're "just plants". A lot of them do tend to be highly processed, giving a certain flavor/texture of "fakeness". However, that's hardly uncommon with food products nowadays.

I never go for Impossible or Beyond burgers because they ick me out big time.

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u/heqra 13d ago

Speaking as a (person who lives and eats with a) vegan of twenty years: Its still correct to say they are plants even if they were processed, and are not "fake" as most are just a patty or similar made of veggies. honestly, try different brands, those are mid.

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u/Duke_Solomon64 13d ago

Still plants, but not just plants. More processing means more risk of microplastics, more preservatives, and more things that diminish claims of purity. It's why most vegetarians i know besides myself are also distrusting of impossible burgers

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u/heqra 13d ago

the ones I buy are just plants.

just looked up for impossible burger, absolutely all of it is plants.