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CHEF-LED STUDY FINDS BEEF MORE NUTRITIOUS, TASTIER THAN PLANT-BASED BURGERS
Oct. 25, 2021
By Jack Ellis, AgFunderNews.com
Plant-based beef burgers may beat meat from cattle in the sustainability stakes; but when it comes to taste and nutritional value, the original still wins every time.
That's the headline finding of a new study conducted by US food product consultancy Chew, which is headed by a chef and staffed by food scientists of various stripes.
The Bostonian firm's 'Plant-Based Burger Report Card' compared nine of the top-selling analog patties in the US, plus a 'control' burger by Bubba Foods made from animal-derived ground beef.
The Report Card was compiled through a combination of blind taste testing and analysis of each product's listed ingredients and nutrition facts.
According to Chew, each burger was "objectively graded" as A, B, C, D, or F for its performance in three categories:
To view the complete report, click here.
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