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Vegan fast food that looks like meat

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veganlookslikemeat · 11/05/2021 11:20

E.g. all the new vegan options that chains have been coming out with recently. All the vegan fake meat burgers/subs/pastries etc (Burger King, Subway, KFC, Greggs etc)
They all look like the real thing they are trying to mimic so how can you actually tell you've been given the vegan option and not meat by accident?!
AIBU to want a vegan option that you can clearly tell is vegan... or can someone share how to differentiate these vegan items with the non vegan counterparts?

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myBumJuiceSmellsLikeRoses · 11/05/2021 17:31

@IHaveBrilloHair

Quorn gives me the shits, which is why I avoid any pretend meats, and only eat veggie/vegan food that I know isn't made from it or anything similar, hence my hatred of, "plant based". Tell me what its made from!
Quorn is a fungus. That's why it gives some people the shits.
copernicium · 11/05/2021 17:53

I'm vegan for all the ethical issues. However, I've never particularly liked the taste and texture of meat since childhood.

But when my vegan friend gets excited about the new "burger" or whatever, I don't tel her she shouldn't like it. It makes her happy.

Roboticcarrot · 11/05/2021 17:54

@Grumblesigh

As a PP has said, it would probably give me diarrhoea and make me vomit

It would almost certainly not do that. Not unless you have a medical intolerance to it, or an allergy. Which is statistically unlikely, and which you wouldn't know as you have never had meat. It is no more likely to make you ill than any other food you've never tried before.

I'm not being argumentative. Being served meat by accident is a legitimate concern, and of course I empathise. But there's no need to add unnecessary drama to the situation. It's an unfounded, emotive argument where one is not needed.

I disagree, it can make people physically sick when haven't eaten it for a few years, it's not inconceivable that someone who has never eaten it would not have the same reaction, even though its unlikely.
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