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Default Fake Meats, Finally, Taste Like Chicken


"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:52:04 -0400, Travis McGee wrote:
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>> Unfortunately, except for some pictures of the packages, there were no
>> images of the products themselves.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/bu...portfolio.html
>>
>> Business Day
>> Fake Meats, Finally, Taste Like Chicken
>>

> ....
>> ´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.

>
> Because they're used to Whole Foods pre-made foods tasting like crap.
>
> I'm sure 95% (or more) of people could taste the difference between
> fake and real meat in a blind taste test.


When we lived in CA, I bought a lot of Boca Burgers. The All American kind.
Everyone I gave them to said the same thing. "What kind of meat is this?"
They all loved them. Wasn't meat at all. But made you think that it was.