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flvegan

(64,409 posts)
Sat Apr 5, 2014, 12:17 AM Apr 2014

Fake Meats, Finally, Taste Like Chicken

Last May, Whole Foods recalled two types of curried chicken salad that had been sold in some of its stores in the Northeast.

The retailer’s kitchens had accidentally confused a batch of “chick’n” salad made with a plant protein substitute with one made from real chicken, and reversed the labels.

Consumers buying the version labeled as having been made from actual chicken were instead eating vegetarian chicken salad — and thus inadvertently were exposed to soy and eggs, allergens that must be identified on labels under federal regulations.

“None of the customers apparently noticed the difference,” said Ethan Brown, founder and chief executive of Beyond Meat, which made the substitute in the product that was recalled.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/business/meat-alternatives-on-the-plate-and-in-the-portfolio.html?_r=0

It's a good read.

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Warpy

(111,283 posts)
2. I actually liked Quorn products a lot better than supermarket chicken
Sat Apr 5, 2014, 12:28 AM
Apr 2014

which has always had an off flavor to me and a mushy texture. Quorn tastes more like chicken than chicken does.

beac

(9,992 posts)
3. I love Quorn.
Sat Apr 5, 2014, 10:27 AM
Apr 2014

I wish they'd make a breakfast sausage substitute. I liked Morningstar Farms' sausage but their GMO soy gives me the creeps.

beac

(9,992 posts)
6. I do wonder why they couldn't find/use a non-egg binder that would work just as well.
Sat Apr 5, 2014, 09:55 PM
Apr 2014

I do think that with veg'ism becoming more popular and "trendy" we long-timers will benefit with expanded choices (both vegetarian and vegan) in the coming years. In the meantime, try writing Quorn. They actually responded when I did.

mucifer

(23,554 posts)
7. The morningstar farm list of ingredients on the package is pretty crazy.
Sun Apr 6, 2014, 11:59 AM
Apr 2014

I ate it once in a while when I was a vegetarian.

CrispyQ

(36,482 posts)
9. Gardien is pretty good.
Mon May 26, 2014, 12:18 PM
May 2014
http://gardein.com/products/

I love their 7 Grain crispy tenders & my husband loves their sausage patties. I would like to try the fishless filet but it's not in my area yet.

byronius

(7,395 posts)
5. Nobody, but NOBODY, beats Taiwan's Vegetarian Plus.
Sat Apr 5, 2014, 04:18 PM
Apr 2014

Well, Veat did. But they disappeared.

I almost cried.

All right, I cried.

JanMichael

(24,890 posts)
13. you must have sent a lot of traffic there!
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 04:59 PM
Jun 2014

I can't get the specific link to come up- but, like you, will check back! Thanks for the referral- we are always on the lookout for something new to try

WillParkinson

(16,862 posts)
14. We tried the grilled and the lightly seasoned chicken...
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 11:09 PM
Aug 2014

Sorry, this isn't the be all - end all holy grail of meat substitutes. It was okay, don't get me wrong, but wasn't amazing.

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