Has anyone tried Beyond Meat?

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No this is beyond me ! :giggle: I have eaten veggie burgers by a difference name and some of them are OK . I had a friend that once made herself a hamburger with the works and she ate it . She said it was really good then she realize she forgot to put the hamburger in it ! She didn't even miss it while enjoying their veggie sandwich . :lol:

I will have to look for this the next I go shopping.
Are you going to try it?
 
whatdidyousay! said:
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I will have to look for this the next I go shopping.
Are you going to try it?
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I don't know. My daughter found out about it first, and she's more experimental with food, so I might let her check it out before I do. We'll see.
 
Reba said:
I don't know. My daughter found out about it first, and she's more experimental with food, so I might let her check it out before I do. We'll see.
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LOL! So your daughter will be the human guinea pig ! If I try it I'll let you know what I think of them. Walmart sell them I never shop there I just checked this out so I guess I won't be trying them .
 
I've seen them and would have been interested but it has tomato, mesquite powder and some other thing in there that I can't have; also I avoid carrageenan and it has that high-ish up in the ingredient listing. Carrageenan has too many concerns associated with it, I've stopped buying things with that in it.
 
dogmom said:
I've seen them and would have been interested but it has tomato, mesquite powder and some other thing in there that I can't have; also I avoid carrageenan and it has that high-ish up in the ingredient listing. Carrageenan has too many concerns associated with it, I've stopped buying things with that in it.
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dogmom
It seems I have seen so many posts about what you do not eat that I am beginning to wonder what is left that you do eat.

And how does with work with other family members?
 
dogmom said:
I've seen them and would have been interested but it has tomato, mesquite powder and some other thing in there that I can't have; also I avoid carrageenan and it has that high-ish up in the ingredient listing. Carrageenan has too many concerns associated with it, I've stopped buying things with that in it.
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http://www.prevention.com/food/heal...n-natural-ingredient-you-should-ban-your-diet


I can see why you're concerned about carrageenan ! And once again the FDA rules in favor of a company instead of be concerned about the public health . I swear that FDA has to be
getting paid off to keep approving for foods that is know to be harmful to people .
 
My son is veggi and family think I one(like good catholic gal I lie and hypocrite)and he bit iffy about that carrageenan but over hand America Hot on food health safety .
I never notice DM overly anxious with food just enquiring because if don't ask you never know all the different things to eat in the world.
By accident I eat tin dog food once and it was very nice but won't do it again
 
It looks to be chock full of chemicals. And not as natural as you would expect from the non gmo bragging.
 
Isn't it sometimes a matter of the scientific name for something rather than the common name making a product seem full of chemicals?
 
Jane B. said:
Isn't it sometimes a matter of the scientific name for something rather than the common name making a product seem full of chemicals?
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Well, methyl cellulose , is a product made from cellulose, and it makes a gel, so I guess that's natural, but I don't really want food that has to be held together that way.

Carrageenan is natural too, but it really can make people sick.
 
Bottesini said:
Well, methyl cellulose , is a product made from cellulose, and it makes a gel, so I guess that's natural, but I don't really want food that has to be held together that way.

Carrageenan is natural too, but it really can make people sick.
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Yes it can be dangerous.Because things occurring naturally don't mean it safe take cyanide that naturally occurring .
Don't methy cellulose give you trots and bad for diabetics I think my daughter on it for bowel problems so that enough put me off it
 
this is an article about carrageenan: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401181/Is-Carrageenan-Safe.html

as far as what I eat, Jane - yeah, there's a LOT I don't eat due to a combination of bladder inflammation, and food allergies and I also avoid factory farmed meat.

My diet is plant-based, whole foods, non-GMO, no dairy, no peanuts. I eat apples, pears and blueberries, and most any veggie; raw nuts <no added sugar or oil>, fish, eggs and complex carbohydrates. Hemp or olive oil in place of butter and for a salad dressing.

Only hub and myself in immediate family; my folks also....but I've had dairy and other types of allergies for a long time, so they're used to it.

When my husband and I first met in college I was vegan, so he's had a lot of time to get used to it, too.

I bring a lot of my own food- and herbal tea to drink - to places when we're out, or if I go to a dog-related seminar for several hours.
I love green tea and also enjoy black tea but due to the acid and caffeine I have to avoid for now. So I bring a few little packets of herbal mint, or chamomille or red tea.
 
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dogmom said:
this is an article about carrageenan: http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401181/Is-Carrageenan-Safe.html

as far as what I eat, Jane - yeah, there's a LOT I don't eat due to a combination of bladder inflammation, and food allergies and I also avoid factory farmed meat.

My diet is plant-based, whole foods, non-GMO, no dairy, no peanuts. I eat apples, pears and blueberries, and most any veggie; raw nuts <no added sugar or oil>, fish, eggs and complex carbohydrates. Hemp or olive oil in place of butter and for a salad dressing.

Only hub and myself in immediate family; my folks also....but I've had dairy and other types of allergies for a long time, so they're used to it.

When my husband and I first met in college I was vegan, so he's had a lot of time to get used to it, too.

I bring a lot of my own food- and herbal tea to drink - to places when we're out, or if I go to a dog-related seminar for several hours.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/fda-approves-genetically-modified-salmon/story?id=35310710

Have you seen this on the news yet, FDA approves GMO salmon and the FDA said the public doesn't have to know if the salmon is GMO .
And strawberries are sometime dyed red and oranges may not really
be that 'orange'. There is so much food that being GMO and the FDA feel the
public can safety eat this food. This is why I don't trust any branch of the
government , they don't give a damn about our rights to know .
 
WDYS!

Yes, I saw a headline <but didn't read far in it> about the GMO salmon - yuck! Also beware "organic" salmon- I've seen that here and there and there is no actual standard for organic seafood in the U.S.- based National Organic program so you don't reallly know what you're getting.

I love fish but am particular - I look to see - or ask- where the fish is from. I will also ask at a restaurant. I only eat salmon if wild-caught - it has to have "wild" or "wild Alaskan" somewhere on it. I avoid apex predator fish as they will the most contaminated with mercury - swordfish, shark, large tuna - and eat fish like sardines, tilapia, local and responsibly-raised trout, sometimes cod but cod is also over-fished.

I can't have strawberries or oranges but am not surprised about the colors.
Sometimes in the past, if I was at a place or event that had desserts like oneg, or at my husband's work-related party- if they have a bunch of processed, sugary desserts as well as fresh-cut fruit and veggies, I will avoid the sugary desserts for the most part and go for the fruit and veggies, including the strawberries, which I know are <conventionally> heavily sprayed. But if it's between the processed dessert and the fruit and I'm hungry for something sweet, I'll take the fruit.

Big Agriculture does a lot of things that are in their own interests, not the public's.
 
I saw about the salmon on the news not too long ago , I really like swordfish and use to buy it or get when eating out . Not anymore when I leaned about is having mercury in it years ago. I really feel there is no such thing as organic foods anymore it may have less sprays on it but the air and water is so air pollution so I don't waste $$$ on organic foods .
Swordfish was my favorite kind of fish . :( I might buy it once in a blue moon when it on sale .
 
I didn't know swordfish was your favorite kind, that's hard:(
I really like fish too. One of my favorite meals is fish and steamed or sauteed veggies. Salmon is probably my favorite type of fish - my dogs too!
 
dogmom said:
I didn't know swordfish was your favorite kind, that's hard:(
I really like fish too. One of my favorite meals is fish and steamed or sauteed veggies. Salmon is probably my favorite type of fish - my dogs too!
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I just brought Marty a bag dog food made with fish ! I got a sample
of it and didn't think Marty would like it but he surprise me and ate it so I am feed this to him for a while. My dad brought swordfish a lot , he loved all kind of fish and shell fish . Yeah I would get swordfish when I ate out with a baked potato and salad . Yummy ! Eating out is not the same today to me. Now there are a lot of restaurants that made food look like art work and I don't want someone touching my food more than
necessary and I don't want to pay extra to have my food look like art work . My brother in law gave me nice art to look .
 
It's good to give your dog small amounts of new foods<one new food at a time for a novice dog> and increase that as the dog gets used to trying different things. the dog as a scavenging carnivore is biologically designed to have a range of foods, but when her immune system <much of which is in her gut> is out of balance due to antibiotics, processed food and other things, then she will be more likely to have a "finicky stomach" or be unable to tolerate dietary change.

My dogs get different foods every day and many meals - this morning they had raw tripe, raw eggs, raw beef wit bone and organs and a variety of supplements, including supplements specifically in relation to the youngest' knee surgery.
They also love various fish - they enjoy canned sardines with me, and my big girl like raw fish...the youngest not quite as much. They also like salmon, and mackerel and anchovies.

Very true about the food and artwork - don't know if you ever ordered any coffee from coffee shops but they teach the baristas how to m ake all kinds of patterns in the coffee:giggle:
 
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