Feeding Bill Gates a Fake Burger (to save the world)

Summary by Krater

The creator investigates plant-based meat substitutes by visiting Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, comparing their taste, nutritional value, and environmental impact to real meat, and testing them on friends and Bill Gates.

From the video

Answers: Are plant-based meat substitutes like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods as good as real meat in taste, health, and environmental impact?

• Plant-based meat substitutes
• Environmental impact of livestock
• Taste test of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods
• Nutritional comparison of meat and plant burgers

Ingredients

• water
• soy protein
• potato protein
• heme
• cellulose
• coconut oil
• sunflower oil
• potatoes
• yellow peas

What it concludes

• Plant-based meat substitutes taste, look, and feel remarkably similar to real meat.
• Plant-based burgers have no cholesterol but do contain saturated fat from coconut oil.
• Livestock production is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and land use.
• Plant-based meat is a significantly more efficient use of natural resources and land than traditional livestock.