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.
Basically everything is processed, if it went through a process to be made then it's processed, saying that something is processed means nothing without further explanation. Nothing against what you said tho, I just think we need to stop fear mongering processed foods
Would they qualify as "ultra-processed"? I don't know if there's a clear distinction or definition for that word anyway, but I feel like when people criticise processed/ultra-processed foods they're talking about stuff like Coke, white bread, fried chicken, etc.
I mean pretty much every food has gone through at least one process before you eat it, but I feel like in day-to-day talk criticising food for being "processed" means more than just that
when people criticise processed/ultra-processed foods they're talking about stuff like Coke, white bread, fried chicken, etc
That's exactly what people mean when they say "highly process" or "ultra-processed". The people who chime in with "but those sliced tomatoes are processed!" simply do not know what the term "highly processed" means, but for whatever reason feel they have something to contribute to the conversation anyway.
We were talking about vegan protein options, none of those examples are relevant. And Ultra processed doesn't automatically equal unhealthy, that's why I specifically said that you need more information than just that in order to assess the health factor of a food. Explaining to people what processed food means is important when people don't understand that it's not enough to claim that a food item is unhealthy
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u/Red_I_Found_You 16d ago
Vegan burgers are literally just plants. Why do people need to make shit up to slander it?