{"id":1988,"date":"2021-12-23T17:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2021-12-23T17:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T17:45:21","slug":"consumers-appear-to-be-losing-their-appetites-for-fake-meats-and-other-alternative-proteins-made-with-brain-damaging-amino-acids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truthinlabeling.org\/blog\/2021\/12\/23\/consumers-appear-to-be-losing-their-appetites-for-fake-meats-and-other-alternative-proteins-made-with-brain-damaging-amino-acids\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumers appear to be losing their appetites for fake meats and other \u2018alternative\u2019 proteins made with brain-damaging amino acids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Here at the Truth in Labeling Campaign we\u2019ve posted quite a bit about fake meat products that contain brain-damaging amino acids. These plant-based, so-called alternative proteins aren\u2019t made from<\/em> plants but in<\/em> plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not long ago, products such as Beyond Meat, the Impossible Burger and others appeared to be unstoppable. They managed to infiltrate supermarkets, restaurants such as Burger King and Dunkin\u2019 Donuts and even more elegant sit-down establishments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, however, something is happening to the fake food industry \u2013 a great many consumers just aren\u2019t buying these \u201csubstitute\u201d foods (as the FDA calls them) anymore. U.S. sales of the Beyond brand (makers of Beyond Meat and the Beyond Burger) recently took a deep dive. Other manufacturers in the pretend food business are seeing their profits sink as well. One CEO of a Canadian company said the \u201ccategory performance\u201d of plant-based products \u201chas basically flatlined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could it be that people are becoming aware that fake fish, mock meat and counterfeit chicken are nothing more than highly processed promotors of obesity, infertility and migraines? Have consumers figured out that they contain large amounts of manufactured free glutamate (MfG) — the same toxic ingredient found in monosodium glutamate? In other words, are folks catching on to this con?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We believe so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it\u2019s no shock that a cattleman wouldn\u2019t support bogus burgers, the comments one made about these ersatz meat products is a bit surprising (perhaps he reads the TLC blog!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert McKnight, Jr., president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, said in a trade publication article that medical professionals are concerned about plant-based \u201cmeats\u201d as they contain \u201cdozens of highly processed, laboratory-invented ingredients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll find an assortment of those \u201claboratory-invented ingredients\u201d in most all of these products. For example, take a look at four of the top ingredients in Beyond Beef, all that contain MfG:<\/p>\n\n\n\n