A Vision of Chocolate's Future in an Amsterdam Brownie

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happyopossum ◴[12 Nov 25 15:31 UTC] No.45901409[source]▶

> alt-chocolate is here to stay, in the same way that it’s become commonplace to gorge on a passable meat-free burger

Is it though? Outside of personal bubbles, does anyone see impossible/beyond ‘meat’ being regularly consumed? It’s been relegated to a tiny shelf of my grocery store’s butcher shop, to the point that I can’t recall the last time I even saw it there.

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svelle ◴[12 Nov 25 16:23 UTC] No.45902065[source]▶

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Here in Germany meat alternatives/substitutes have definitely reached a level of popularity that goes beyond a fad. The leading commercial producer of deli-meats has started producing vegetarian and vegan alternative products that now make up more than 60% of their annual revenue and they even dropped some of their original meat based products in favor of the plant-based alternatives.

It might not be the burger that's going to be replaced but sliced meats and other meat based products might be.

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add-sub-mul-div ◴[12 Nov 25 16:46 UTC] No.45902368[source]▶

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So the rich didn't turn it into a culture war there? Must be nice.

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1. HeinzStuckeIt ◴[12 Nov 25 20:36 UTC] No.45906261[source]▶

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I wonder if the USA is unusually obsessive about meat and meat substitutes because, thanks to vast ranches and government subsidies, it has a steak culture. Even less prosperous Americans are used to looking at big red steaks at Walmart. They might believe, ignorant of how industrially cattle are raised, that this is real, honest-to-goodness meat as it should be. So, a meat substitute is a heinous opposite of that. Meanwhile, Europeans are used to eating meat (ground beef, chicken, pork) that is processed or less visibly impressive in some way, and a new twist on processed meat that has no actual meat isn’t so shocking.

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