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I tried the impossible whopper. You literally could not tell the difference between that and a normal beef whopper. I realized a lot the attributes of these commercial food products are the additions, like sauce, and toppings that contribute to that precisely calibrated flavor.

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My wife is vegan and let me try her Impossible Burger at a local chain. I am not vegan so she wanted to know how accurate the taste was. It tasted exactly like a frozen burger you'd cook on your backyard grill.

Only if you bury it in toppings.

Impossible is really good, even the texture is nearly spot-on. However, I've found Beyond meat to give itself away pretty easily, and it has a distinctly chemical-ly, (plant?) aftertaste.

I find the Beyond Meat aftertaste quite pleasing, actually. It taste kind almost herbal to me.

It's been more than two decades since I've had hamburger so I can't comment on authenticity.

I tried the impossible whopper too and I could certainly tell the difference. It was very close, and if I wasn't paying attention I might not have noticed, but it does taste distinctly different.

Not trying to say you're wrong, just want to provide another datapoint. I tried it about a year ago, so maybe they've updated their recipe since then. I would encourage anyone reading to give it a try see what they think.

I wouldn't be surprised if you do a back to back A/B comparison, one can identify diffferences. However, soeone who doesn't hasn't eaten a whopper in years, it was essentially how the whopper tasted to me.

That is sufficient of a bar to for a meat replacement I'd say.

You can definitely tell the difference and anyone with taste buds will tell you the same.

It's not that I'm against plant-based diet. I will totally switch once the experience becomes indistinguishable. We're just not there yet. No reason to pretend otherwise.

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