"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> Keep in mind that ingredients and formulations change. The information
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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

Boca Burgers are cheaper than meat. I could get them for next to nothing at
the commissary in CA. They made a good tasting meal and they were super
cheap. I'm sure that the recipe for them was different in those days. I
also thought in those days that soy was good for us because it was so highly
touted.

People eat all sorts of crap. Just look at what all is in something like
Girl Scout cookies or frozen pizza.