Artificial meat `` Beyond Burger '' and `` Impossible Burger '' that reproduced the flavor, taste, and texture of meat at the molecular level were actually baked and eaten



Artificial / substitute meat, which is a 100% vegetable-based raw material that analyzes and reproduces the taste, flavor, and texture of meat at the molecular level, is now lined up in supermarkets in the United States.

McDonald's and Kentucky are also paying attention, saying that they are developing a new menu using artificial meat, I tried purchasing and grilling and eating what kind of finish is the artificial meat gathered by the latest science .

Beyond Meat-The Future of Protein ™
https://www.beyondmeat.com/

Home-Impossible Foods
https://impossiblefoods.com/

So the left is 'Impossible Burger' and the right is 'Beyond Burger'. All are 100% plant-based artificial meat, but from different manufacturers.



This is about the size of the 123.8mm iPhone SE. Impossible Burger is bright red, but Beyond Burger seen from the package window is dull brown.



Impossible Burger weighs 340g per bag and contains 19g protein per serving (113g).



The thickness is about 1.5cm.



Checking the nutrition information on the back, the calories per 113g is 240kcal, the fat is 14g, the carbohydrate is 9g, and the cholesterol is zero.



The main ingredients are water, concentrated soy protein, coconut oil, and natural flavors. Less than 2% of the total ingredients include potato protein,

methylcellulose , food starch, salt, zinc gluconate, thiamine, etc.



When opened, it looks like this. At first glance, it looks like a mince ...



It has more moisture than mince and is soggy.



There is no particular smell of raw meat, but it has a unique smell, such

as the fungus 'mycoprotein' that can be eaten instead of meat, such as tuna.



Impossible Burger in the unheated state can also be confirmed from the following movie.

Raw `` Impossible Burger '' looks something like this-YouTube


Next, let's look at Beyond Burger.



Checking the nutrition information, the calorie per 113g is 250kcal, the protein is 20g, the fat is 18g, the cholesterol is zero, and the carbohydrate is 3g.



The main ingredient of Impossible Burger is soy protein, but the main ingredient of Beyond Burger is pea. Contains water, compressed canola oil, refined coconut oil, rice protein, natural flavor, cocoa butter, mung bean protein, methylcellulose, potato starch, apple extract, salt, vinegar, lemon concentrate, beet powder and Impossible Burger And the raw material is quite different.



I just opened it.



This is also quite wet. It contains white grains like the Impossible Burger, but it looks like coconut oil that has cooled and hardened.



I actually made hamburger seeds using beef and pork snacks, so I compared the three types. The top is Aiki meat, the left is Impossible Burger, and the right is Beyond Burger. Impossible Burger is closer to the appearance of the raw state.



Let's actually bake. The heating time of the two artificial meats is different, Impossible Burger is '6 minutes on both sides', Beyond Burger is '3 minutes on one side'.



The place where the artificial meat is baked and turned over can be confirmed from the following. The fat overflowed as if the real meat was baked with the sizzle, and even the savory smell of the meat was felt.

Baking artificial meat `` Impossible Burger '' and `` Beyond Burger ''-YouTube


All hamburgers change color like real meat.



In Impossible Burger, a red liquid like a gravy floated on the surface of the meat.



So it ’s baked. First, let's eat from Impossible Burger.



The surface is burnt and crisp. If you hold it with a chopstick, the fat will come up.



It's not as soft as 'it cuts off with a chopstick', but it may be true that it looks like lean meat.



When I ate the freshly baked meat, it was not meat but for some reason the meat had the fragrance and the texture itself was very lean. There is a fleshy appearance that the comment 'upward compatibility of a certain hamburger chain patty' appeared, and if you eat it without knowing it, you will not notice that it is artificial meat.



In addition, I will eat Beyond Burger.



The same artificial meat, but the taste and texture are quite different from Impossible Burger. Beyond Burger retains the shape of beans and has high elasticity, so it can be said that the finish is closer to coarse meat. There was a big difference in taste, and there were voices saying 'Beyond Burger has a stronger taste and aroma of meat', but some voices say 'Impossible Burger is more like a hamburger with less connection. The taste was divided between Impossible Burger faction and Beyond Burger faction, but both reproduce 'meat' in different directions.



In addition, when I molded two hamburgers with the same 120 g, the size was almost the same before baking and after baking. It did not shrink after being baked like a beef hamburger.



Comparing the cross sections of Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger, it looks like the following.



This is Impossible Burger ...


This is Beyond Burger.



I also baked a standard hamburger with beef ...



The cross section turned out to be quite close to Impossible Burger.



If you eat all of the artificial meat and eat it firmly, you will feel a little uncomfortable as you continue to eat it, but if you use it as an ingredient by sandwiching it in a bun and making it a hamburger, it

is almost the same as real meat . Both Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger are now being sold in the United States as supermarkets. In particular, Impossible Burger has just been treated at a supermarket called Gelson's Markets since October 2019. When I go to the store, there is a vegan / vegetarian section ...



Here, Beyond Burger was sold at $ 6.99 (about 760 yen), Impossible Burger was sold at $ 8.99 (about 980 yen).

in Review,   Gastronomic Adventure, Posted by darkhorse_log