
Beyond Meat says it uses no genetically modified or artificially produced ingredients. The Beyond Burger has about 18 ingredients, including purified pea protein, coconut and canola oils, rice protein, potato starch and beet juice extract for coloring. Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat say the building blocks of their burgers are plants. Its headline: “‘Plant-Based Meat’ Is All Hat and No Cattle.” A few days later, the center’s executive director, Rick Berman, wrote an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal criticizing plant-based meats as highly processed and no healthier than meat. In November, the group’s managing director, Will Coggin, wrote an opinion piece in USA Today that labeled fake meats as ultra-processed foods that can spur weight gain, although the research on processed foods has not included plant-based meats. Another directs readers to a site that compares plant-based burgers to dog food.

“What’s hiding in your plant-based meat?” asks one ad featuring a sad face made of two patties and sausage. The ads call them “ultra-processed imitations” with numerous ingredients. In recent weeks the group has placed full-page ads in The New York Times and other newspapers raising health concerns about plant-based meat substitutes like the Impossible Burger and the Beyond Burger, which are designed to look, taste and even appear to bleed like real meat. That is the message behind a marketing campaign by the Center for Consumer Freedom, a public relations firm whose financial supporters have included meat producers and others in the food industry. Our products do not contain peanuts or tree nuts.The meat industry has a warning for consumers: Beware of plant-based meat. People with severe allergies to legumes like peanuts should be cautious when introducing pea protein into their diet because of the possibility of a pea allergy. Is the Beyond Burger ® safe to consume if I have a nut allergy?

If the product was purchased frozen, it can be stored in the freezer following the printed best by date. If products are purchased thawed, we do not recommend refreezing and suggest following the stickered best by date. Once you decide to thaw, Beyond Burgers have a 10-day shelf life. If bought frozen, refer to the “If purchased frozen, use by” date on the packaging. If bought refrigerated, check the retailer-applied sticker “use-by date” on the front of the package. Just like meat, you should keep the Beyond Burger at refrigerated temperature until you cook it on the stovetop, griddle or grill. Like all of our products, the Beyond Burger is made with no GMOs, soy or gluten.ĭoes the Beyond Burger ® need to be refrigerated ? Our Beyond Burger is made of quality ingredients-like peas and brown rice-and a simple process to turn them into great-tasting meat. How do you make meat from plants? What ingredients do you use? Peas and rice provide a complete protein. These plant-based fats provide melty, mouthwatering marbling to the Beyond Burger, creating a juicy texture that’s closer to ground beef than ever before. The white specks are similar to marbling that you see on traditional beef burgers, but ours are made from coconut oil and cocoa butter. What are the white marbling specks on the patties? I want a Beyond Burger ®! Where can I get one? Compared to 80/20 beef it also has 35% less total and saturated fat, lower calories, no cholesterol, more iron and comparable B vitamins and minerals. It’s an excellent source of protein with 20g per serving.

It has no GMOs, soy, gluten or bioengineered ingredients, and is made of quality ingredients-like peas and brown rice. We think we make the best-tasting and best-for-you burger out there. This latest version also has lower total fat, fewer calories and added B Vitamins and minerals. The new Beyond Burger is our meatiest, juiciest burger yet. What’s different about the new Beyond Burger ®? The Beyond Burger has 20g of plant-based protein and has no GMOs, soy, or gluten. It has all the juicy, meaty deliciousness of a traditional burger, but comes with the upsides of a plant-based meal. The Beyond Burger is a plant-based burger that looks, cooks and satisfies like beef. Have you seen the Beyond Meat products around the store lately and are wondering what they’re all about? We got the details from Beyond Meat ® about their plant-based meat products.
