JonB
Halcyon member
The last thing I want to do, is step into an argument...toward either side.It strikes me as extremely odd that in era where the big thing is "fresh", "natural", "hormone free", "pasture raised", etc. that anyone would want something entirely unnatural, fresh, hormone free, etc. The plant based Whopper is a fine example- you take plant based material and add who knows what additives to it to make it taste and feel like some sort of actual meat product when you bite into it. It makes no sense to me that people can somehow claim it's "healthier". You don't know what it is, what's taken out of it or added to it. It may be lower in cholesterol or something, but how do you know? You trust Burger King to be 100% honest with you? Come on!!!
Meat comes from animals.
But let me point out one of the most common additives in either meat hamburgers as well as plant based burgers.
Yeast extract, AKA: Autolyzed yeast.
Basically, it's yeast guts with outer shell removed.
There is a manufacturing plant (OHLY) in the next town over from me. The grow a wide number of yeast varieties for their multiple food additive products. The ones that taste like fried hamburger are nothing short of amazing...must be the umami ?
"Yeast extracts are naturally rich in glutamic acid, an amino acid known to elicit 'umami taste' which is, next to sweet, sour, salty and bitter, one of the five basic human taste sensations. Umami is described as 'delicious savoury taste' and really brings out the saltiness, sweetness and savoury flavours in food."
Savoury Flavours | Yeast Extract for Umami Taste | Ohly - OHLY
Ohly are specialist providers of yeast-based solutions for savoury flavours. These yeast extracts help to bring out savoury and umami tastes. Find out more.
www.ohly.com