Comment on The people developing vegan meat alternatives must have eaten a lot of meat beforehand so they can replicate the taste and texture.

• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have tried Beyond and found it bland and tasteless.

  Why is trying to pretend to be cheese worth the time when stuff like guacamole, white bean dip, hummus, corn dip, etc. exist?

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• IcedRaktajino@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I almost gave up on the dairy free cheese because Daiya was supposed to be the top-tier one. Tasted vaguely cheese-flavored plastic strips, and I was not a fan. Also refused to melt until it was just below the temperature of the surface of the sun, and when it did, it was like a pile of glue.

  On a whim, I bought the Kroger store brand (Simple Truth I think?) and it’s pretty damn good. Tastes like cheese, doesn’t feel like a mouth full of plastic, melts at a reasonable temperature, the whole works.

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  • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I couldn’t stand Daiya. Fully agree.

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• fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Vegan cheese done with coconut oil is pretty decent, way better that the wet sponge texture that beyond has.

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just no, hard no. Came off a kayaking trip starving for whatever. My vegan gf got us Beyond burgers. Absolutely revolting. I can’t put my finger on it, but it tasted like “chemicals”. LOL, I know, great description, but I couldn’t choke down half the thing.

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  • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is 100% chemicals. ;)

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