21 facts about possible burger

The Impossible burger looks and tastes like meat, then what is this incredible culinary creation?


Just looking at, you will never guess the created burger-impossible by societyImpossible foods-a been made entirely in plants. With a bleeding appearance and sizzles like beef when cooked, it mixes with any other barbecue staple on the grill. And the craziest part? It's not all eyes: the taste is so realistic that it can deceive the carnivores thinking that it is the real thing, too.

Before taking a bite, here are 21 things you need to know about the miracle "the meat" of what gives it its texture and flavor to its incredible impact on the environment. And if you want to get faster food guides and learn healthier plants swaps, subscribe to theEat this, not that!magazine. For a limited time, you will have 50 percent on the cover price!

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It was created with science

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The very beginning of the impossible burger was in a laboratory something that famous biochemist Pat Brown, the CEO and founder of impossible Foods-said makes all the difference in the manufacture that the product was realistic. "We spent more than six years studying animal meat at the molecular level to find out how it works'-how it manages [heat] and cooks, and especially the way it produces flavors and textures people like", he writes in ablog.

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It is not-so-secret ingredient? HEME PLANTS

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The ingredient that makes the burger impossible so realistic that the carnivores itself are deceived in thinking it's a beef dumpling? HEME, which allows the blood of transport oxygen throughout the body. The red meat is full of actions of the stuff and that is what gives it its very specific taste and the aroma. What most people do not do is know that it is also present in the plants, and the burger impossible that it produces by the fermentation to make the version made of plants just as satisfying as the real thing.

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It was made for meat lovers

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When you hear about a new revolutionary vegetable hamburger on the market, your first thought is that it is most likely a replacement of meat for vegetarians and vegans. Well, this is not the case with the impossible burger. Society goes after people who always eat meat, not those who have already abandoned it. "We want meat eaters to the world of happiness prefer our plant-based vegan products because they think it's just better. We want to answer the meat eater on their own terms and make a more delicious product for them, "said COO Foods impossible and Chief Financial Officer David LeeTechfestnw.

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It is entirely based on herbal

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So what is it in this realistic burger in search? A cake contains wheat proteins and potato proteins for a soft texture, the heme mentioned above, vitamins, amino acids, sugars and aromas, and xanthan and konjac, which holds everything. together. There is also coconut oil and greases-soy-that make it juicy and all kinds of satisfying.

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It has as many proteins as true meat

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Think of the burger impossible is slacking in the department of protein? Still think. With 20 grams per portion of the wheat protein and potato proteins, it corresponds to the beef cake levels, which means that you can easily get your solution from plants-no cows necessary.

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It sizzles and bleeds like Real Beef

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When you compare with the kitchen and eat beef cakes with the impossible burgers, everything is super similar. Because of the heme, bleed the two. And because of the saturated grease of coconut oil in the small pie without meat, it sparkles and drip during cooking, which makes it the wind with as much juity as the real thing when you take a bite.

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It saves thousands of liters of water

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One of the main reasons for Foods has created the burger impossible in the first place is to enjoy the environment. It is necessary about1800 gallons To get a book on your plaque most of any animal meat. Herbal burger, on the other hand, provides the same taste and texture, while using75 percent less waterthat the real thing.

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It's not available in store ... Still,

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The two massive channels and small restaurants, as well as concert halls and other facilities serving meals, add burger impossible to their menus. But from this moment, you can not go pick up some small pâtés at the grocery store for your grills-out at least not yet. While the current orientation is growing in more cities, the company hopes to enter the retail space at the bottom of the line.

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It generates less greenhouse gases

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Animal agriculture is a huge gas greenhouse factor more than "all cars, trucks, trains, buses, ships, aircraft and combined rockets," saysBrown. With cattle out of the image, the impossible hamburger totally based on plants generates 87% less greenhouse gases than beef. Something that definitely helps the mother earth to breathe a little easier.

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Bill Gates is a major investor

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When Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, discovered the impossible hamburger, he had to take a bite and one to that expensive. Last year, he contributed to a$ 75 million financing round. Although there are no numerous details, $ 300 million impossible foods increased globally will help expand their hamburger to achieve and allow the company to develop new products in the future.

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It is more safe than real meat

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As a beef hamburger puts on your plate, it's a lot of time. Eating the impossible hamburger sets out many health risks caused by standard meat production practices, including those thatcan make you sick: "Its protein comes entirely from plants, and it is produced without the use of hormones or antibiotics, does not create a reservoir for dangerous pathogens and does not contain cholesterol or slaughterhouse contaminants," Brownwriting.

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Its iron levels are tied with beef

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You may think that it would be difficult to make iron with a meat without meat, but because of the heme of impossible burger iron-rich molecule, it has a lot and corresponds to the levels found in the beef - who, by the way, is around 3 mg per serving.

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You can enjoy beyond hamburgers

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The impossible hamburger is known to be, well, a hamburger, but that's not the only way it can be prepared. The country's restaurants also transform it in allMeatballs in Taco Filling, allowing you to recover this same stitching in the dish used.

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The impossible burger made its debut in New York

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Just after impossible foods have launched the hamburger impossible in 2016, he hit his first restaurant menu in Momofuku Nishi in New York, which belongs to the iconic restaurateur David Chang. According toEaterThis has marked the first time in history that a bleeding-free burger was served in a restaurant. Now only two years (and more than 2,500 restaurants!) Later, it becomes slowly but surely a norm.

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It uses less land than real beef

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Between the space they need to be elevated and the space needed to cultivate their food, livestock takes a lot of land. In fact, believe it or not, animal farming uses aheavily about 45%-Yes, seriously!-Of the global global surface. Because it is based on the plant, the impossible burger uses 95% less land than beef, backing up the room for things other than what lights up in the alley of the grocery meat.

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It is now served at the white castle

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In its mission to enter more restaurants in the world, the impossible hamburger is now served at the White Castle - the oldest rapid catering chain for its beef sliders since 1921. Now, nearly 100 years later, The company is given to people what they want: an all-verse version of its famous burger that is suitable for people's health and the environment.

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It contains absolutely no cholesterol

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According toAmerican Heart AssociationHaving high cholesterol can lead to health problems such as heart attacks, strokes and heart disease-aka three things you do not want to deal with. Although a portion of ground beef four ounce contains about 88 milligrams of cholesterol, impossible hamburgers do not contain any cholesterol is only found in animal products. Goal.

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This made his international debut in Hong Kong

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In April, the impossible Burger has released the US for the first time by making his international debut in Hong Kong in some of the greatest restaurants Little Bao, Happy Paradise and Beef & Liberty. "We believe the crossroads of ideas and influences of Hong Kong-Asia, both traditional and modern, will be home to the revenue the most innovative impossible," Brown said in aPress release.

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Now is served in the sky

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You are not just limited to eating impossible burger on earth. Now he flies high in the air as: from the following month, it was served on an airline for the first time and is now an official part ofAir New Zealand menu. So if you have always wanted to go hang with the Kiwis, what better time than now?

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The burger is not Kosher Certified

As of this, not hamburger got major accessories to get an official kosher certification from the Orthodox Union. Those who follow strict Jewish law can not eat dairy and meat together, so a cheeseburger has always been to the table - quite literally. But as the impossible Burger is not a real meat is a sneaky workaround that now letting people enjoy the comfort food that would not normally be able to. "We want the impossible is omnipitueux Burger, and that means it has to be affordable and accessible to everyone - including people who have dietary restrictions for religious reasons," Brown said in aPress release.

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The burger is just the beginning

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Although the impossible Burger has already made waves for a replacement as realistic meat, impossible food does not stop with the ox. According to Brown, this is only the first of many foods they have in the works to replace animal products. "In the coming years, the best pork, the best chicken, the best fish, cheese, eggs that the world has ever seen will be manufactured directly from plants, using the expertise and impossible tools foods grow aujourd 'hui ", has he written in ablog.


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