This Is the Beginning of the End of the Beef Industry

[Pobeka]

6. Too soon to know.

I read or heard there are a lot of new organic chemicals that are in the vege meats that have not been tested for human health, they have just said, well it's sorta like this other molecule we know about so it must be ok.

I have the feeling this is another marketing push to get this product out, and actual testing on human health has taken a back seat.

And the claims about better for the environment may be sketchy too -- there is a lot of processing that must happen post harvest to make the vege-meat. It's not necessarily less CO2 intensive than traditional meat. It will take a real, thorough, independent analysis to determine that too.

Reminds me of Olestra...

I do hope it does work out to be safe for human health and the environment. We certainly need it. I don't see americans chowing down on grasshoppers and ants for protein any time soon.