Farther down in another comment, I point out to another user that the ingredients of Impossible beef are quite mundane and not at all concerning. Here’s the ingredients list for Impossible Chicken nuggets:
None of those jump out as particularly unhealthy or dangerous to me. The Soybean oil probably isn’t the best for you due to not being expeller pressed, but otherwise, nothing that would kill you.
Methyl cellulose is also used in; laxatives, artificial tears, ice cream, toothpaste, pill capsules.
It’s non-toxic and non-allergic.
It does happen to be useful as a binder in glues, but that doesn’t seem a useful metric as to its safety. In comparison the same shellac I use to seal wood is also used to coat candy.
Especially those meat alternatives are in danger. Have you ever looked up the ingredients and especially the chemicals put into a “vegan nugget”?
Any industry now f-ing up one chemicals’ purity and safety can really do a number on a lot of people who thought they took the safer route.
Farther down in another comment, I point out to another user that the ingredients of Impossible beef are quite mundane and not at all concerning. Here’s the ingredients list for Impossible Chicken nuggets:
Water, Wheat Flour, Soy Protein Concentrate, Soybean Oil, Sunflower Oil, Potato Starch, Methylcellulose, Natural Flavors, Salt, Cultured Dextrose, Wheat Gluten, Yeast Extract, Yellow Corn Flour, Dextrose, Food Starch Modified, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Spices, Leavening (Cream of Tartar, Sodium Bicarbonate), Dried Yeast, Paprika Extract (for color), Vitamin E (Tocopherols), Zinc, Vitamins (B3, B5, B1, B6, B2, and B12)
None of those jump out as particularly unhealthy or dangerous to me. The Soybean oil probably isn’t the best for you due to not being expeller pressed, but otherwise, nothing that would kill you.
I normally use methylcellulose to glue wallpaper to the wall.
But apart from that, a surprisingly clean list for such a product.
Methyl cellulose is also used in; laxatives, artificial tears, ice cream, toothpaste, pill capsules.
It’s non-toxic and non-allergic.
It does happen to be useful as a binder in glues, but that doesn’t seem a useful metric as to its safety. In comparison the same shellac I use to seal wood is also used to coat candy.