14 Patents in Every Fake Bite of Impossible Burger

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14 Patents in Every Fake Bite of Impossible Burger

This article is about the two fake meat burgers by McDonalds and Burger King. I put it in the environmental forum because the types of crops they need to patch this mess together is horrible for the soil and environment. (As well as your health).

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Impossible Foods, which made headlines for its meatless burgers that “bleed” like real meat, holds 14 patents, with at least 100 more pending
• Impossible Foods should be called “Impossible Patents,” according to Seth Itzkan of Soil4Climate, who suggests fake meat products are destroying the environment by perpetuating a harmful reliance on genetically engineered grains while accelerating soil loss and detracting from regenerative agriculture
• Impossible Foods’ products are heavily processed and produced in laboratories — not grown in or found in nature
• Impossible Foods has even taken aim at regenerative farming practices, which are promoting optimal nutrition and health while at the same time helping to prevent pollution and restore damaged ecosystems
• Impossible Foods’ numerous patents reveal that their products are driven by profits, and perhaps the ultimate goal is to replace real meat altogether with a highly lucrative patented product

Fake meat is all the rage, and although plant-based meat alternatives have been on the market for years, the industry is gaining speed, promoting its meatless 'burgers' as a sustainable solution to feed the world. The green image is an illusion, however, one predicated on a product that's the epitome of unnatural.


Impossible Foods, which made headlines for its meatless burgers that "bleed" like real meat, is one of the leaders in the fake meat industry. Its website suggests its plant-based meat is better for you and the planet,1 but eating an Impossible burger is not akin to eating a plate full of vegetables.


Far from it, Impossible Foods should be called "Impossible Patents," according to Seth Itzkan, environmental futurist and co-founder and co-director of Soil4Climate, who suggests fake meat products are destroying the environment by perpetuating a harmful reliance on genetically engineered (GE) grains while accelerating soil loss and detracting from regenerative agriculture.2


Impossible Foods Holds 14 Patents, Has 100+ Pending

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