To dream the impossible... burger. Vegan 'burger' bleeds like choice ground beef. (Page 2/9)
rinselberg JUL 08, 10:16 PM
I think this "Heme" that they are talking about--the "magic ingredient" that causes the all-vegan Impossible Burger to "bleed" on the grill--is the same molecule that causes cattle blood (and our blood) to have the color Red. A molecule that binds an Iron atom in a chemical compound with one or more Carbon atoms.

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williegoat JUL 08, 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by rinselberg:

I think this "Heme" that they are talking about--the "magic ingredient" that causes the all-vegan Impossible Burger to "bleed" on the grill--is the same molecule that causes cattle blood (and our blood) to have the color Red. A molecule that binds an Iron atom in a chemical compound with one or more Carbon atoms.



Wouldn't hemoglobin make it non-vegan?
williegoat JUL 08, 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by cliffw:

Was it a vegan burger or a fur burger, ?



So, Red Wing is more than just work boots?
cliffw JUL 08, 10:46 PM

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Originally posted by williegoat:
So, Red Wing is more than just work boots?



Not to me, but Detroit does have a hockey team named the Red Wings, and the town of Red Wing is located in Minnesota. Red Wing also sells shoes.

There are Red Wing work boots and "vegan" work boots that look like work boots. Sorta like a vegan burger that bleeds like a burger. Why the hell would a vegan want a vegan burger that bleeds ?
Why am I even in this ridiculous thread ? Perhaps I thought it would remind me of a real thread.

MidEngineManiac JUL 09, 12:02 AM
The real thread is used to stich up those bleeding burgers so they dont bleed anymore.

Heme kinda takes the point out of it though.
rinselberg JUL 09, 01:47 AM
The "heme" that is the so-called magic ingredient of the Impossible Burger is a soybean-derived protein called "leghemoglobin." (It's "leg" as in legumes, I think.) It's similar to, but not the same as myoglobin, which is what gives the red coloration to cattle (and human) blood and the red or pink coloration of voluntary muscle tissue.

So the Impossible Burger is a 100-percent vegan product. Nothing "animal" about it.

Impossible Foods, FAQs
https://www.impossiblefoods.com/faq/


Disrupting the Cow: This Plant-Based Burger Smells, Tastes, and Bleeds Like the Real Thing
Chiara Sottile and Jo Ling Kent for NBC News; July 8, 2017.
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech...s-real-thing-n780721

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Khw JUL 09, 04:06 AM
I find it amusing that vegans/vegetarians attempt to make their vegetables taste more like the stuff they don't want to eat... I don't see the omnivores out here trying to make their steak taste like corn on the cob...
rinselberg JUL 09, 04:28 AM
I'm not a vegan, by any means.

But I don't see any contradiction or hypocrisy in trying to develop a vegan alternative to beef that smells, sounds (as it cooks), looks and tastes like beef. Ground beef, in this case.

I don't know of anyone who thinks that it would be better for the planet, or better for the global ecosystem, to raise and devour more "head" of large, four-legged livestock like cattle and hogs, to keep pace with human demand, instead of "plussing up" on other ways to produce or harvest food.

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Keel JUL 09, 06:44 AM
I've tried most of the vegie burgers, none taste like burgers, nor do they taste like vegies.. Just make something that has a good taste to it, that you are not burying with crap to make it taste good..
I don't get it, If I want vegies I'll eat a salad, or a side of vegies , or a vegie only stir-fry , That taste 100 times better than , Whatever grade d vegies they grind up and press into a burger than flash freeze..
sardonyx247 JUL 09, 06:51 AM
All vegans/vegetarians only do it as they want/think they are better than other people.
In reality I have yet to meet a smart vegan/vegetarian, all so far are total morons.