Impossible Whopper

[The Bills Blog]

I tried an Impossible Whopper. Here are the thoughts of an honest taster with no agenda. (The paid actors in the Burger King commercials are clearly not giving honest reviews, and I'd have to guess that many of the online reviews are also bought by BK. That's to be expected.)

 

My first thought is that vegetarians and those who stay away from meat for moral reasons might get a good positive kick out of this. It is definitely the best non-burger burger I've ever tasted (and I tasted quite a few in my pescatarian days). Those looking for something more nutritious than a burger should probably stay away, because I would strongly object to the notion that this is a "healthier" option. Trading fat for carbs is typically not a good idea.

 

It also doesn't taste like meat, but it tastes more like nothing than other meat replacements, which makes it better than other meat replacements. I also give it extremely high marks for its inner appearance and texture, although the exterior will not fool anyone. I actually laughed when I opened the wrapper, because it was immediately obvious that it wasn't meat (and the marketing has been strongly pushing the idea that people can't tell the difference).

 

In my (admittedly brief) digging, I wasn't able to find an actual ingredients list, but I would be shocked if the patty doesn't contain cauliflower. If there was one flavor I got consistently, it was cauliflower.

 

Overall: it was a pretty good sandwich that tasted a little too much like cauliflower.

[Doc]

8 minutes ago, The Bills Blog said:

I tried an Impossible Whopper. Here are the thoughts of an honest taster with no agenda. (The paid actors in the Burger King commercials are clearly not giving honest reviews, and I'd have to guess that many of the online reviews are also bought by BK. That's to be expected.)

 

My first thought is that vegetarians and those who stay away from meat for moral reasons might get a good positive kick out of this. It is definitely the best non-burger burger I've ever tasted (and I tasted quite a few in my pescatarian days). Those looking for something more nutritious than a burger should probably stay away, because I would strongly object to the notion that this is a "healthier" option. Trading fat for carbs is typically not a good idea.

 

It also doesn't taste like meat, but it tastes more like nothing than other meat replacements, which makes it better than other meat replacements. I also give it extremely high marks for its inner appearance and texture, although the exterior will not fool anyone. I actually laughed when I opened the wrapper, because it was immediately obvious that it wasn't meat (and the marketing has been strongly pushing the idea that people can't tell the difference).

 

In my (admittedly brief) digging, I wasn't able to find an actual ingredients list, but I would be shocked if the patty doesn't contain cauliflower. If there was one flavor I got consistently, it was cauliflower.

 

Overall: it was a pretty good sandwich that tasted a little too much like cauliflower.

 

Haven't been to a BK recently.  How much was it (compared to regular Whopper)?

[US Egg]

Impossible Whopper !

 

 

[stony]

9 minutes ago, The Bills Blog said:

I tried an Impossible Whopper. Here are the thoughts of an honest taster with no agenda. (The paid actors in the Burger King commercials are clearly not giving honest reviews, and I'd have to guess that many of the online reviews are also bought by BK. That's to be expected.)

 

My first thought is that vegetarians and those who stay away from meat for moral reasons might get a good positive kick out of this. It is definitely the best non-burger burger I've ever tasted (and I tasted quite a few in my pescatarian days). Those looking for something more nutritious than a burger should probably stay away, because I would strongly object to the notion that this is a "healthier" option. Trading fat for carbs is typically not a good idea.

 

It also doesn't taste like meat, but it tastes more like nothing than other meat replacements, which makes it better than other meat replacements. I also give it extremely high marks for its inner appearance and texture, although the exterior will not fool anyone. I actually laughed when I opened the wrapper, because it was immediately obvious that it wasn't meat (and the marketing has been strongly pushing the idea that people can't tell the difference).

 

In my (admittedly brief) digging, I wasn't able to find an actual ingredients list, but I would be shocked if the patty doesn't contain cauliflower. If there was one flavor I got consistently, it was cauliflower.

 

Overall: it was a pretty good sandwich that tasted a little too much like cauliflower.

I've eaten a lot of Impossible burgers.  They're good.  I'd agree with you, best non-meat burger by a mile.  Better than the Beyond Burger. 

[The Bills Blog]

8 minutes ago, Doc said:

 

Haven't been to a BK recently.  How much was it (compared to regular Whopper)?

$1 more, at least here in Cumberland, MD.

[The Plastic Cup]

I don’t give a damn if Miami ends up under water in 400 years; I want a real burger.

[Sig1Hunter]

35 minutes ago, The Plastic Cup said:

I don’t give a damn if Miami ends up under water in 400 years; I want a real burger.

If eating burgers will guarantee that Miami will end up under water, count me in!

[/dev/null]

Thanks for the review.  I was planning on giving it a try some time, but have low expectations

[ALF]

I always liked the whopper till I had to switch to vegetarian to bring cholesterol down. 

 

I like Morning Star veggie patties ( frozen food)  The Buffalo Chik patties taste great and are nutritious. 

 

Here is one review I found for the impossible burger

 

The plant-based burger craze is sweeping the nation, but consumers should be wary of consuming them as part of a healthy meal. 

 

https://www.cookinglight.com/news/is-the-impossible-burger-healthy

Edited August 14, 2019 by ALF

[Boca BIlls]

Impossible Whopper is bad for you.

 

You need Beyond Burger if you want something for Vegans. Beyond Burger doesn't taste bad and it won't kill you like the impossible burger.

Edited August 14, 2019 by Boca BIlls

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

First let me say this -  the Flame Broiled taste of a regular burger is artificial to begin with.

 

the 2nd  - 

They are paid actors 

[John Adams]

5 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said:

Impossible Whopper is bad for you.

 

You need Beyond Burger if you want something for Vegans. Beyond Burger doesn't taste bad and it won't kill you like the impossible burger.

 

How is the Impossible Burger not vegan? It's just GMO plants that produce hemoglobin. 

 

I have not tried the impossible burger but we regularly have the Beyond Burger because it's available from Whole Foods. Uncooked, it smells like fish, but once cooked, it's damn good. With the usual burger toppings, it's hard to distinguish. Without toppings, it's obvious it's not meat. 

 

I love that the meat industry is lobbying to get these substitutes to drop "burger." Never bothered them until they started actually tasting good, and no, none of the ones before now were anything like a burger.

1 hour ago, ALF said:

The plant-based burger craze is sweeping the nation, but consumers should be wary of consuming them as part of a healthy meal. 

 

https://www.cookinglight.com/news/is-the-impossible-burger-healthy

 

Sodium is the big difference in nutrition values. I will prefer a meat burger for now but I'm all for killing less animals and hope these keep getting better taste and health-wise. 

[Keukasmallies]

Crap, I thought this was a thread about Democrats claiming to support the Constitution.

[Boca BIlls]

14 minutes ago, John Adams said:

 

How is the Impossible Burger not vegan? It's just GMO plants that produce hemoglobin. 

 

I have not tried the impossible burger but we regularly have the Beyond Burger because it's available from Whole Foods. Uncooked, it smells like fish, but once cooked, it's damn good. With the usual burger toppings, it's hard to distinguish. Without toppings, it's obvious it's not meat. 

 

I love that the meat industry is lobbying to get these substitutes to drop "burger." Never bothered them until they started actually tasting good, and no, none of the ones before now were anything like a burger.

 

Sodium is the big difference in nutrition values. I will prefer a meat burger for now but I'm all for killing less animals and hope these keep getting better taste and health-wise. 

Never said it wasn't vegan... But you can have Impossible Burger vegan with a chance of cancer, or Beyond Burger.

 

Anyway nothing will taste better then a freshly slaughtered animal. Sorry Vegans.

Edited August 14, 2019 by Boca BIlls

[John Adams]

 

Quote

 

Anyway nothing will taste better then a freshly slaughtered animal. Sorry Vegans.

 

For now. 

 

Lab meat and plant "meat" will be just as good soon and not require killing animals. I am a meat-eater but that will be a good day. 

Edited August 14, 2019 by John Adams

[shrader]

2 hours ago, Boca BIlls said:

Impossible Whopper is bad for you.

 

You need Beyond Burger if you want something for Vegans. Beyond Burger doesn't taste bad and it won't kill you like the impossible burger.

 

If you're looking for something good for you, Burger King probably isn't the best place to be looking.

[The Poojer]

i tried a regular impossible whopper last week and found it tasted identical to a whopper.  Went back a couple days later ordered an impossible whopper with cheese and bacon and it was still everybit as good as the meat patty whopper. I'm a fan and would have zero problem ordering them going forward

[Gugny]

Seems to me that flame broiled beef is healthier than this Impossible thing.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 14, 2019 by Gugny

[Doc]

Moderation is the key.  You don't need fake anything, just less of the real stuff.

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

19 minutes ago, Doc said:

Moderation is the key.  You don't need fake anything, just less of the real stuff.

 

why are you being so logical???       LOL 

 

2 hours ago, The Poojer said:

i tried a regular impossible whopper last week and found it tasted identical to a whopper.  Went back a couple days later ordered an impossible whopper with cheese and bacon and it was still everybit as good as the meat patty whopper. I'm a fan and would have zero problem ordering them going forward

as I stated earlier 

 

meat or fake meat  the Flame Broiled taste is an artificial flavoring, ergo tasting the same

[LeviF]

The idea that meat is bad for you is insane and outdated.

 

Carbs, soy, and seed oils on the other hand...well you see how fat America has gotten on these "healthy" foods.  And guess what these fake burgers are made of?

 

Eat meat.

[LB3]

2 hours ago, The Poojer said:

i tried a regular impossible whopper last week and found it tasted identical to a whopper.  Went back a couple days later ordered an impossible whopper with cheese and bacon and it was still everybit as good as the meat patty whopper. I'm a fan and would have zero problem ordering them going forward

Identical you say...

[BillsFanNC]

These plant based burgers are still loaded with oil and saturated fat. Are they good for you? No. Better for you than an actual burger? Marginally.

[The Poojer]

i'm not eating at Burger King for nutritional benefits.  I eat there because sometimes eating like crap just really hits the spot

 

18 hours ago, BillsFanNC said:

These plant based burgers are still loaded with oil and saturated fat. Are they good for you? No. Better for you than an actual burger? Marginally.

[Teddy KGB]

On 8/14/2019 at 8:56 AM, John Adams said:

 

 

For now. 

 

Lab meat and plant "meat" will be just as good soon and not require killing animals. I am a meat-eater but that will be a good day. 

 

No thanks.     Gimme a fuddruckers Half pounder all day long.  

[The Plastic Cup]

20 hours ago, LeviF91 said:

The idea that meat is bad for you is insane and outdated.

 

Alas, it is now a tenet of the Church of Climate Change, and the faithful will never let it go.

[BillsFanNC]

20 hours ago, LeviF91 said:

The idea that meat is bad for you is insane and outdated.

 

Carbs, soy, and seed oils on the other hand...well you see how fat America has gotten on these "healthy" foods.  And guess what these fake burgers are made of?

 

Eat meat.

 

Eating meat in the amounts that the average American does is undeniably bad for you.  

[LeviF]

4 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

Eating meat in the amounts that the average American does is undeniably bad for you.  

 

I'll deny it. 

 

Show me the peer-reviewed study that causally links an animal-based diet (no sugar, seed oils, other processed garbage) with increased mortality.

 

Show me the ancestors who subsisted on a plant-based diet.

 

Show me the wild animals who evolved to be predators that become obese or get diabetes.

 

And I'll show you that if 2.4 million years of human evolution were compressed into a 24 hour time period, then agriculture as we know it started about six minutes ago and modern dietary guidelines were issued about 1.5 seconds ago.  When did people start getting T2 diabetes, again?

[Gugny]

1 minute ago, LeviF91 said:

 

I'll deny it. 

 

Show me the peer-reviewed study that causally links an animal-based diet (no sugar, seed oils, other processed garbage) with increased mortality.

 

Show me the ancestors who subsisted on a plant-based diet.

 

Show me the wild animals who evolved to be predators that become obese or get diabetes.

 

And I'll show you that if 2.4 million years of human evolution were compressed into a 24 hour time period, then agriculture as we know it started about six minutes ago and modern dietary guidelines were issued about 1.5 seconds ago.  When did people start getting T2 diabetes, again?

 

[BillsFanNC]

2 minutes ago, LeviF91 said:

 

I'll deny it. 

 

Show me the peer-reviewed study that causally links an animal-based diet (no sugar, seed oils, other processed garbage) with increased mortality.

 

Show me the ancestors who subsisted on a plant-based diet.

 

Show me the wild animals who evolved to be predators that become obese or get diabetes.

 

And I'll show you that if 2.4 million years of human evolution were compressed into a 24 hour time period, then agriculture as we know it started about six minutes ago and modern dietary guidelines were issued about 1.5 seconds ago.  When did people start getting T2 diabetes, again?

 

Before I do any of that.  Let me ask you this..what causes T2 diabetes?

[LeviF]

4 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

Before I do any of that.  Let me ask you this..what causes T2 diabetes?

 

What does that have to do with your "undeniable" claim?

[The Plastic Cup]

44 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

Eating meat in the amounts that the average American does is undeniably bad for you.  

 

Is it really the meat, or is it how it’s prepared, the large order of fries, the 24oz soda, the sedentary lifestyle, etc?

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

53 minutes ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

Eating meat in the amounts that the average American does is undeniably bad for you.  

 

At work, for lunch, I eat 3 or 4 hamburgers a week w/fries and been doing so for years. 

 

I'm healthy and within my weight range for my height. 

[BillsFanNC]

1 minute ago, LeviF91 said:

 

What does that have to do with your "undeniable" claim?

 

Because I'm betting it's not what you think it is, but never mind that for now.

 

I'm not expecting to convince you of anything.  I've long given up on that with people, it's akin to discussing politics or religion.

 

I'll just tell you this for now and I'll give you the studies that won't convince you of anything later when I have time.  I'm a former voracious meat eater.  I smoked and grilled all the favorites on a regular basis along with processed foods and other junk.  About two years ago I was read the riot act once again by my doc, but instead of going on the latest fad diet or trusting my health to Dr. Google I decided to go to the peer reviewed research.  I pored through the nutritional research for months and I didn't get the answer I wanted.  It was undeniable that whole food plant based eating was the best choice based on the best balance of peer reviewed evidence.  I still eat meat sometimes, but nowhere near what I used to.  It is indeed undeniable that our standard american diet is bad for us, you would think the heart disease and diabetes epidemics would be enough evidence for most people, but again I don't expect a stranger on an internet message board to convince you otherwise.  I'll provide links later.

 

Cheers.

12 minutes ago, The Plastic Cup said:

 

Is it really the meat, or is it how it’s prepared, the large order of fries, the 24oz soda, the sedentary lifestyle, etc?

 

All of the above.

[LeviF]

1 minute ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

Because I'm betting it's not what you think it is, but never mind that for now.

 

I'm not expecting to convince you of anything.  I've long given up on that with people, it's akin to discussing politics or religion.

 

I'll just tell you this for now and I'll give you the studies that won't convince you of anything later when I have time.  I'm a former voracious meat eater.  I smoked and grilled all the favorites on a regular basis along with processed foods and other junk.  About two years ago I was read the riot act once again by my doc, but instead of going on the latest fad diet or trusting my health to Dr. Google I decided to go to the peer reviewed research.  I pored through the nutritional research for months and I didn't get the answer I wanted.  It was undeniable that whole food plant based eating was the best choice based on the best balance of peer reviewed evidence.  I still eat meat sometimes, but nowhere near what I used to.  It is indeed undeniable that our standard american diet is bad for us, you would think the heart disease and diabetes epidemics would be enough evidence for most people, but again I don't expect a stranger on an internet message board to convince you otherwise.  I'll provide links later.

 

Cheers.

 

I don't entirely blame you for the approach, I agree w/r/t your comparisons to politics and religion.  I think you'd find that we agree on more on this topic than we disagree on.  Avoiding processed garbage, sugar, etc. for example.  The reality is that there are very few tightly controlled, peer-reviewed studies that address a whole, animal food-based diet.  Instead we get "look at the meat these folks added into their already ***** diet, see!  Meat bad!"  At the other end we get garbage like "The China Study."

 

Overindulgence generally (but especially of processed junk) is probably at the root of a lot of our modern issues with disease.

[Just Joshin']

On 8/13/2019 at 10:15 PM, The Plastic Cup said:

I don’t give a damn if Miami ends up under water in 400 years; I want a real burger.

Boston also?

[The Plastic Cup]

3 hours ago, Just Joshin' said:

Boston also?

 

That would be mostly South Boston/ Dorchester/Roxbury, so yeah, good there.

[RaoulDuke79]

7 hours ago, BillsFanNC said:

 

Eating meat in the amounts that the average American does is undeniably bad for you.  

I'm no doctor or nutritionist,  but I think this mostly applies to processed meats and processed foods in general. 

[/dev/null]

I tried the Impossible Whopper today. 

 

First impressions after pulling away from the drive thru, it don't smell like a Whopper.  I worked at a BK when I was in high school and that BK smell is something I'll know until my dying breath

 

Up close, the "meat" doesn't look or smell like beef either.  It's "beefish"

 

I took off a small chunk for a quick taste test.  The best way I can describe the taste, remember those school lunch hamburgers when you were a kid?

 

It wasn't bad, but it wasn't that great either.  And definitely not worth the mark up.  I'll stick with the real thing.

[RaoulDuke79]

10 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

 

At work, for lunch, I eat 3 or 4 hamburgers a week w/fries and been doing so for years. 

 

I'm healthy and within my weight range for my height. 

Ok buddy...it may work for you, but how do you explain your friend Grimace?

Edited August 16, 2019 by RaoulDuke79