Being in the meat business, I have witnessed a ton of changes in beef; from whole carcasses to halves, quarters, then primals and sub-primals (boxed and COV) to boneless block-ready cuts, and likewise from store-ground to tube-packed ground beef. (I might add, tube ground beef is FAR superior to store-ground beef, but that's another subject.) Today, I have purchased and used Beyond Meat's Beefy Crumbles. www.beyondmeat.com. I bought a package (10 oz) of it frozen, let it thaw out and made up a goulash with it. Very simple; the crumbles (like ground beef browned up), chopped up some onion and green pepper, added spaghetti sauce and cooked elbow macaroni. A simple lunch! And, it was great! But! As you can see from the nutritional information, total fat is only 3g, 0 saturated and 0 trans, 0 cholesterol, sodium 280 mg, 1 g. carb. and 19 g. protein! Actually a very healthy lunch as far as the 'meat' is concerned. I bought this at Sprout's Mkt, and there are other markets as listed on their website where you can get this 'non-meat' product. This is where the world is heading as it gets more expensive to raise cattle. The price is $4.99/pkg. and is roughly equivalent to a 1 lb. package of ground beef. Great for low-fat high-protein diets; they also have several other products too. I purchased their chicken strips, which according to Bill Gates, are 'just like the real thing'!
