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Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
Sat Jun 16, 2012, 09:56 PM Jun 2012

Twitter Founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone Invest in Innovative Vegan Meat Company

From TreeHugger.com

Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone undoubtedly have an eye for investment so when they saw fit to back the vegan meat company Beyond Meat, ears perked. Stone, himself a long time vegan, was at first a little taken aback by the product because it tastes so “freakishly similar” to real meat.

"The first reaction I had was, I know this is a meat analogue but if someone were to serve this to me in a restaurant I would have said 'I think this is a mistake,'" explains Stone to Fast Company. "There’s something about the mouth-feel, the fattiness. It feels fatty and muscly and like it’s not good for you when you’re chewing it. For a long-time vegan, it’s a little bit freaky."
Vegan Meat of the Future

But Beyond Meat still has many of the qualities that you look for in a vegan meat substitute like no cholesterol, no saturated fat, and lots of protein. It’s a scientific real world means of getting a meat-heavy society like the U.S. to jump on the vegan bandwagon because it's so similar to the real thing.

More: http://www.treehugger.com/green-investments/twitter-founders-evan-williams-and-biz-stone-invest-in-innovative-vegan-meat-company.html

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Twitter Founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone Invest in Innovative Vegan Meat Company (Original Post) Flaxbee Jun 2012 OP
No gluten? Whoopeee! Warpy Jun 2012 #1
Most excellent! WillParkinson Jun 2012 #2
OK, I am ready to try it. RebelOne Jun 2012 #3
this will be great for new veg/vegans.. Coexist Jun 2012 #4

Warpy

(113,093 posts)
1. No gluten? Whoopeee!
Sat Jun 16, 2012, 10:00 PM
Jun 2012

I've had to walk away from both Quorn and Boca because their stuff contains gluten. It would be nice to have another transitional substitute out there when it's too hot or I'm too tired to do bean loaves and the like.

Even if it's only half as good as the others, it will do. There's always seasoning.

Coexist

(26,060 posts)
4. this will be great for new veg/vegans..
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 09:58 AM
Jun 2012

and the families of those who are recent converts. Eases them into the concept.

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