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Whole Foods CEO on plant-based meat boom: Good for the environment but not for your health
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1404" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-plant-based-meat-not-good-for-your-health.html" target="_blank"><strong>Whole Foods CEO on plant-based meat boom: Good for the environment but not for your health - CNBC</strong></a></p><p></p><p>There are currently two main, buzzy players in the plant-based “meat” market: Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods.</p><p></p><p>In 2013, Whole Foods gave plant-based meat start-up <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/21/how-bill-gates-backed-vegan-beyond-meat-is-winning-over-meat-eaters.html" target="_blank">Beyond Meat</a> its <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/29/beyond-meats-chicken-came-first-and-it-was-a-failure.html" target="_blank">first shot</a> at selling its vegan “chicken” strips at Whole Foods locations across the country. Early believers and investors in the product were billionaires Bill Gates and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone.</p><p></p><p>“We launched Beyond Meat. We were their launching pad. In fact, I think all of their new products have been introduced at Whole Foods,” John Mackey, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-on-life-with-amazon-two-years-after-sale.html" target="_blank">co-founder</a> and CEO of Whole Foods, tells <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/make-it/" target="_blank">CNBC Make It.</a></p><p></p><p>A year later, Beyond Meat developed its first “beef” product made from plant proteins, which later morphed into its now-famous Beyond Burger in 2016. (The company has since made recipe updates to its original beef patties. In <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/6/11/18659900/beyond-meat-burger-bynd-new" target="_blank">June</a>, Beyond Meat announced its new recipe uses a <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/6/11/18659900/beyond-meat-burger-bynd-new" target="_blank"> “blend of pea, mung bean and rice proteins.”</a> )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1404, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/21/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-plant-based-meat-not-good-for-your-health.html'][B]Whole Foods CEO on plant-based meat boom: Good for the environment but not for your health - CNBC[/B][/URL] There are currently two main, buzzy players in the plant-based “meat” market: Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods. In 2013, Whole Foods gave plant-based meat start-up [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/21/how-bill-gates-backed-vegan-beyond-meat-is-winning-over-meat-eaters.html']Beyond Meat[/URL] its [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/29/beyond-meats-chicken-came-first-and-it-was-a-failure.html']first shot[/URL] at selling its vegan “chicken” strips at Whole Foods locations across the country. Early believers and investors in the product were billionaires Bill Gates and Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. “We launched Beyond Meat. We were their launching pad. In fact, I think all of their new products have been introduced at Whole Foods,” John Mackey, [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/whole-foods-ceo-john-mackey-on-life-with-amazon-two-years-after-sale.html']co-founder[/URL] and CEO of Whole Foods, tells [URL='https://www.cnbc.com/make-it/']CNBC Make It.[/URL] A year later, Beyond Meat developed its first “beef” product made from plant proteins, which later morphed into its now-famous Beyond Burger in 2016. (The company has since made recipe updates to its original beef patties. In [URL='https://www.vox.com/2019/6/11/18659900/beyond-meat-burger-bynd-new']June[/URL], Beyond Meat announced its new recipe uses a [URL='https://www.vox.com/2019/6/11/18659900/beyond-meat-burger-bynd-new'] “blend of pea, mung bean and rice proteins.”[/URL] ) [/QUOTE]
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