Un F-ing believable, closest thing to meat I've eaten

[masmdu]

If you want to satisfy an occasion steak craving while trying to eat healthier vegetarian / vegan diet you may find "Meati" basic steak flavor will do the trick.

It really is the closest thing I've ever eaten to steak. Similar texture, chew, and taste. Only available at Whole foods for now.

Anybody else tried it yet? Opinions?.

[Goodheart]

1. Price?

[masmdu]

2. Two 3.5oz cutlets 8.99

[Wonder Why]

15. At about $20 per pound, it sure beats the hell out of $12 per pound sirloin at Sam's.

[hlthe2b]

3. Whole Foods... well, maybe I'll try it. Did you grill, saute, broil them?

[masmdu]

5. Only eaten one so far. Salt/ pepper/ olive oil .Pan sauteed

On medium heat for 12 mins. Flipping every 2 minutes. Per instructions. I'll try broil in the air fryer next.

[hlthe2b]

7. I don't eat much red meat, but every once in a while I crave it... Sounds like the ideal alternative

[mitch96]

16. +1, Same here...

[GuppyGal]

4. Make fajitas out of it?????

[masmdu]

6. Sure you could. They have a carne asada version available

[mucifer]

8. I'm weird when things taste too much like beef I get

Grossed out and physically ill. I haven’t eaten meat since 1982

BUT this stuff is great for the cows 😃

Thanks for posting

[Sky Jewels]

9. I'm the same.

I don't want to be too closely reminded of real meat. I also haven't eaten (red) meat since the early-mid 80s. I stopped in high school; one day I was stopped in traffic I looked through the slats of a truck into the big, liquid brown eyes of a cow that was likely on its way to slaughter. That did it.

I eventually gave up poultry, seafood and eggs. I am mostly dairy free, but occasionally "slip up" by eating some milk chocolate or a bit of real cheese. If we eat dinner at a friend's house or go out to eat and there are no good/easy vegan options, then I eat vegetarian.

But, like you, I'm glad these options exist for people who miss eating meat.

[masmdu]

10. Glad to share 😊

[Emile]

11. Looks like cat puke 🤮

[MLAA]

18. But on the upside, nobody died so you can have a steak 🙂

If there is a Sprouts near you and you order online for pick up or delivery you get a box free with the purchase of just one other item of any kind or price. Expires tonight. I just placed an order for delivery.

[masmdu]

19. You think the production facility is just a bunch of cats

force fed the ingredients til they hurl up a steak? That would be illegal.

[Xavier Breath]

20. I wouldn't go that far.

When I saw the picture the first thing that came to mind was cat food. But, things can sometimes taste better than they look, I guess.

[Celerity]

28. Or not

[intrepidity]

12. You can order direct from them too

https://meati.com/shop

[Wonder Why]

13. My favorite is the filet mignon that looks and tastes like broccoli.

Costs a bundle but it's so green (in colot).

[MLAA]

14. Can't wait to try! Haven't eaten animals in 15 years, but I'd love to try the meati steak.

I recently found Hooray bacon at whole foods and I love it. Easiest to bake the strips then paper towel off excess oil. Really hits the spot when I miss the old blts of many years gone by!

Thanks for the tip!

[MLAA]

17. Hey just ordered a box from Sprouts! They had a coupon to get one box free with an order of

At least one other item. Yippeee, steaks tomorrow 😉

[masmdu]

24. I hear you .

But if you are trying to go this direction it ain't bad. Also, not a lot of ingredients. Mushroom, salt, and fruit juice.

[masmdu]

27. You're looking at the breaded cutlets.

Here is the ingredients for the "steak".
https://meati.com/cuts/?nfp=classic-steak

10 g of carbs

Product ingredients
Mushroom Root (mycelium), Less Than 2% Of: Salt, Natural Flavor, Fruit Juice for Color, Oat Fiber, Vegetable Juice for Color, Lycopene for Color.

[Donkees]

22. Product ingredients:

Product ingredients
Meati Cutlet (Mushroom Root [mycelium], Less Than 2% Of: Salt, Acacia Gum, Natural Flavor, Chickpea Flour, Oat Fiber), Breading (Rice Flour, Canola Oil, Yellow Corn Flour, Potato Protein, Salt, Leavening [Baking Soda, Disodium Diphosphate, Calcium Phosphate], Spice, Dried Garlic, Dried Onion, Paprika, Paprika Extract, Xanthan Gum).


Avoid if sensitive to Fungi such as Mushroom, Mold, or Yeast.

Prefer eating mushrooms, prepared with fresh ingredients.

[masmdu]

23. Those are the ingredients for their breaded "chicken" cutlet.

The steak is just mushroom, salt, and fruit / vegetable juice for color.

[Arthur_Frain]

25. This whole "tastes like meat" thing is interesting.

I’ve wandered the road between carnivore and vegan for the last 40 plus years, still looking for the place where I belong.

Maybe when I first started I was trying to emulate the meat flavor, or umami. Boca burgers were great for that, tasted like a greasy char broiler at its best.

The original Garden Burger and their first few iterations were bona fide. You could eat a “burger” with everyone else, but it didn’t taste anything like a real hamburger. Properly prepared, they were incredible.

So these “impossible” burgers taste like meat to me, I’ve eaten one or two, but I’d really rather have the old garden burger varieties. But they don’t carry them where I am.

How does one tell if an impossible burger has “gone over”? I haven’t made my peace with this one yet.