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What’s the stance on fake borger? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by Lussy@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Talking about impossible and beyond meat, of course. I like their taste, so I’m not one of those burger fash who complains about not being able to taste the flesh wounds of their victims. Just need the skinny on how it compares in terms of it’s nutrient quality, health factors in terms of contaminants in production or as a result of (PFAS, lead), and the impact on the environment. I’m sure the production of fake borg is better than maintaining and slaughtering cows, but relative to other foods how much better is it?

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[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Some animal testing is a huge moral step up from constantly killing animals. And just to make this concrete, they fed soy leghemoglobin to 188 mice to get FDA approval for the ingredient, and it turned out to not be harmful to the mice.

So impossible don't currently do animal testing, they did it exactly once.

Admittedly, I don't know what the testing company did to the mice after the experiments finished.

Weighing 188 mice vs preventing the suffering and death of millions of cows/chickens/pigs in the future, I'd say I'm okay with that?

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

The rats were dissected and the animal testing was optional. Are there degrees of harm? Absolutely. Theirs could have been lower.

I said elsewhere that I haven’t yet completely cut them out, so it’s not like I’m coming at this from some moral high ground either. I would certainly still be eating more of their products though if they hadn’t taken the optional step to test on animals.