Beyond Meat is entering kitchens nationwide {#FutureOfProtein}
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My father-in-law is visiting us after a two year gap and it has been so nice to sit down and enjoy him being here. The kids love Grandpa and even though Baby Girl is meeting him for the first time, they both get along like a house on fire!
Daddy has been telling us about how things have been changing in the state we live in back home, thanks to certain policy makers. One policy that has just come into play is the ban of the sale of beef in the markets or in a dish at restaurants. This has naturally been hard on many beef lovers. Beef substitutes have been his friends’ go-to to satisfy food cravings!
Beyond Meat…The Future Of Protein
While we may not have meat bans here, people have been voluntarily making the switch from meat and poultry products to plant based alternatives for health reasons or even religious reasons.
But cutting out all that protein isn’t always wise. It has to be replaced with an alternate protein. Preferably one that is better in health and not expensive at the same time.
Beyond Meat promises to be that Future of Protein. 
Beyond Meat products look like meat, taste like meat, cook like meat but are 100% plant based. This thereby makes the choice to switch away from red meat or poultry a much easier decision, wouldn’t you think?
I would think so, considering any craving could quickly be satisfied with Beyond Meat’s Italian Meatballs, Southwest Style Tenders, Feisty Beef Crumbles in your favorite spaghetti and meatballs dish, tenders and fries dinner or even chili!
Besides being free of any animal fat, all Beyond Meat products are GMO free, cholesterol free, gluten free, hormone free and antibiotic free,
Curious to know what Beyond Meat products are made of?
The Beyond Beef products are made up of 100% pea protein while Beyond Chicken products are made up of soy and pea protein.
The primary ingredients in every pack include:
Soy and pea protein isolates: the highest amount of clean plant protein.
Amaranth: a gluten free grain
Natural flavoring: containing no added MSG or gluten and is 100% vegan.
Soy and carrot fiber: GMO free fibers
Expeller-pressed canola oil: free of saturated fat and extracted minus the use of chemicals
Dipotassium phosphate: water soluble salt that is a source of potassium
Titanium dioxide: naturally ocurring mineral that helps the products look like its meat counterparts!
Caramel coloring: Only use Class I (specifically Class I – E150a) caramel coloring that is ammonium and sulfite free
Yeast extract: a high protein, is low fat, vegetarian, non-allergenic and MSG free
It is now becoming an increasingly popular inclusion in atheletes’ diets mainly because they understand the benefits of plant based protein and yes, it’s just as easy to prepare…
perhaps even easier!
Beyond Meat strives to move towards their 25/20 quickly. They hope to see 25% reduced global meat consumption by 2020. By doing so they believe in being able to improve human health, impact climatic change in a positive way, improve animal welfare and address global resource constraints by reducing waste and utilizing available finite resources in the best way possible.
You can find Beyond Meat products in 78500 retail stores nationwide, including your local Whole Foods, Sprouts, Safeway, Vons and even H-E-B.
Get inspired by one of the Beyond Meat recipes featured and try it out on your family. Don’t tell them what you’ve served up, let them guess and gauge their reaction.
You just may find yourself stocking the future of protein in your freezer thereon out!
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