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    The New Makers of Plant-Based Meat? Big Meat Companies

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    I am skeptical that big meat companies are going to help the environment or even the animals.

    The New Makers of Plant-Based Meat? Big Meat Companies (Published 2019)Tyson, Smithfield, Perdue and Hormel have all rolled out meat alternatives, filling supermarket shelves with an array of plant-based burgers, meatballs and chicken nuggets.www.nytimes.com

    I think the big meat companies are just trying to grab more cash from the new interest in plant based products. Some of them even admit that they are in it for the money.

    I have tried the Impossible Burgers and the Beyond Meat ones. Very tasty. Hopefully better for the environment but not as healthy as they could be. But these new products from the big meat companies are not sounding great to me at all.

    If you have tried some of them, what did you think?

    • I have some skepticism, too, @Angie. I haven't tried these yet but hear they do taste good. The Impossible Burger has 370mg of sodium. Most of the beyond-type products have high sodium (well, I consider anything higher than 200mg high, lol) so I don't think they can be considered healthy foods, and some of the non-meat burgers seem so processed to me when looking at the ingredient list. Lean ground sirloin has about 70mg of sodium. And the only ingredient is beef. As for being better for the environment or animals, that's a good thing and I don't mind the competition aspect. Doesn't it seem as though food and diet fads are always coming and going?