Qorn is a near perfect replacement for chicken nuggets.. but then I can barely tell what's in chicken nuggets anyway!
> Frozen Quorn Crispy Nuggets
> Mycoprotein (39%), Water, Rehydrated Free Range Egg White, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Salt, Maize Flour, Wheat Starch, Milk Proteins, Textured Wheat Protein (Wheat Protein, Wheat Flour), Natural Flavouring, Raising Agents: Tetrasodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonate; Pea Fibre, Firming Agents: Calcium Chloride, Calcium Acetate; Wheat Gluten, Gelling Agent: Pectin; Dextrose.
Maybe they fed the animal rubbish (likely in case of cheap meat), stuff that changes the color of meat and preventive antibiotics amongst other medicine cocktails.
Meat (and dairy and eggs for that matter) also comes with all kinds of hormones, as it is from an animal not much unlike the creatures we are ourselves. So those hormones also affect our system.
Yes plant-based "fake meats" have more ingredients, while also having less of the downsides of animal foods (saturated fats, sulfur-rich protein, hormones, high levels of persistent "forever chemicals").
So the choice is yours.
From what I know the plant-based alternatives are usually healthier. If you want to reach the next level use traditional meat replacers: lentils, beans, nuts, tofu, tempeh, soy-skin.
For what it's worth, I'm not suggesting meat is any less of an offender. Just instead that something that can be pitched as meat-alternative and still be full of crap. And it's worth looking into those ingredients to make an informed decision about what's healthy/not (putting aside other non-health benefits of avoiding meat)
(Just hearsay, haven't been to Oz in a while and with the current political climate I'm not too interested)
It would be nice if the eggs and milk were gone. But it’s a small amount and overall way better than actual chicken.
Maybe some ingredients are hidden in the processing, but which ones do you find objectionable?
Same for dairy.
It seems vegetarians are okay with lifelong encagement, and eventual killing, as long as they dont have to eat it. Leather is "vegetarian", and so are wool and silk.
But yes, veterinarians and fish makes no sense.
Leather can make sense to me until cows start being raised just for leather or the price of meat is such that it would be uneconomic if the price of leather was not factored in.
It doesn't to me. The alternatives are all plastics. So sure you're saving animal lives, but you're also just contributing to our oil addiction. It's like Christians picking and choosing which things to believe from the Bible, but with ethics instead.
They aren't for vegetarians stricto sensu, hence why ovo-vegetarians are distinguished.
> Same for dairy.
Yes, exactly the same for diary, which is why lacto-vegetarians are distinguished.
“vegeterian” ≠ “ovolacto-vegetarian”
We needed the word vegan because vegetarian was such a silly line in the sand ethically speaking (just dont eat their flesh!).
Also the males are not needed of breeding breeds, they go straight to the wood chopper after they've hatched.
What you describe is more related to industrial production rather than vegetarianism - although I have to admit that it's still on point in this particular discussion.
If you went for perfection, you'd never use any form of motorized transport, never eat any foods shipped across state lines, set your thermostat for survival temperatures, and go full "freegan" for everything you consume. There's a point at which better is all you really can do - just how much better is the question.