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The rise of meatless meat, explained (vox.com)
2 points by sethbannon on May 28, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


If I read bynd financials right their cost of production isn't greatly different to meat packing companies. Hormel's cost of production is only a little worse, yet they have been profitable for a very long time and no profit as of yet with bynd. Though that can be expected at this stage. I just find it dissapointing that so called plant based "meat" isn't naturally a vastly less expensive product.

Indeed the cost of complete proteins found in chicken, eggs, and dairy is really hard to beat. Concentrated protein is helpful for a diet requiring fewer calories to acheive. Chickens make complete protein more cost efficiently than engineers cooking up plants.




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