On 3/11/2015 8:10 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> On 3/8/2015 12:58 PM, Roy wrote:
>
>> Daiya contains the following ingredients:
>>
>> Filtered water, tapioca and /or arrowroot flours, non-GMO expeller
>> pressed canola and /or non-GMO expeller pressed safflower oil,
>> coconut oil, pea protein, salt, inactive yeast, vegan natural
>> flavors, vegetable glycerin, xanthan gum, citric acid (for flavor),
>> annatto, titanium dioxide (a naturally occurring mineral).
>>
>
> Oh, doesn't *that* sound appetizing.
>
> Veganism went off the rails when it began substituting artificial foods
> for natural ones. At that point, there's no difference between it and
> the junk food industry.

Look at the ingredients in Boca Burgers:

"Ingredients: WATER, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE*, REDUCED FAT CHEDDAR
CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES,
ANNATTO [COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), WHEAT GLUTEN, CONTAINS LESS THAN
2% OF YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR (NON-MEAT), DRIED ONIONS,
MODIFIED CELLULOSE, CARAMEL COLOR, SESAME OIL, GARLIC POWDER, EXPELLER
PRESSED SAFFLOWER OIL. CONTAINS: SOY, MILK, WHEAT, SESAME. *MADE WITH
SOY PROTEIN FROM NON-GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SOYBEANS.

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Then there are Morningstar Farms products. Here's the "sausage":

Ingredients:
WHEAT GLUTEN WITH WATER FOR HYDRATION, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE WITH
WATER FOR HYDRATION, WATER, CORN OIL, EGG WHITES, SODIUM CASEINATE,
MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL,
LACTOSE, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (WHEAT
GLUTEN, CORN GLUTEN, SOY PROTEIN), AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SPICES,
NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED VEGETABLE GUM, SODIUM
TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, CRUSHED RED
PEPPER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY*, MALTODEXTRIN, RED BELL PEPPERS,
HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, BLACK PEPPER, CAYENNE
PEPPER, DEXTROSE, ONION POWDER, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, TETRASODIUM
PYROPHOSPHATE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SUCCINIC
ACID, NIACINAMIDE, MONOSODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID,
BREWER'S YEAST, TORULA YEAST, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, IRON
(FERROUS SULFATE), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), PYRIDOXINE
HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), VITAMIN B12.
*ADDS A TRIVIAL AMOUNT OF CHOLESTEROL

What are they "farming?" Nothing. Faux meat. Why do vegans and
vegetarians want to immitate meat? Could it be they are missing actual
meat?

I honestly don't care if you don't want to eat meat. Truly, I don't.
But don't pretend these products are good for you.

Jill