The Absurdity of Alternative Meats

It’s brown and ground, and it even bleeds, but why?

Danielle
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5 min readJul 25, 2019

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A vegan Beyond Burger in Berlin, by Adam Berry / Stringer for Getty Images

Mimicking meat is becoming mainstream: a multi-billion dollar industry invading our kitchens and drive-throughs. These new meatless products are thought of as wholesome, vegan, and are marketed as nearly indistinguishable from real meat. Not so long ago, veggie burgers looked unattractively nutritious, full of beans…

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Danielle
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Writer. Eater. Winner of my 8th grade science fair. Check me out at daniellelaprise.com