• 8ace40
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    1 year ago

    I’m in south America and there’s a lot of plant based burgers available. And you know what? The cheapest costs double of a 100% beef burger.

    Coincidentally, the half beef, half soy protein burgers are half price of 100% beef burgers, 1/4 of full plant based burgers.

    Why is that? The half soy burgers are made by the same companies as the full beef burgers, might be related to economies of scale?

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      1 year ago

      I live in SA. This ismisinformation. Its absolutely cheaper to buy plant based meat alternatives (beans) than to buy dead animals here.

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        1 year ago

        I just checked. It’s not as exaggerated as I put it, but in general it holds up.

        Check the price per kilo.

        The most expensive are the Not Meat burgers, which are kinda similar to Beyond Meat.

        The cheapest are the soy+meat.

        Second cheapest are the beans/lentils patties, which while tasty, they’re nothing like a real burger. I didn’t even mentioned them in my previous comment.

        The full meat burgers are about 30% cheaper than the Not Meat (plant based) burgers.

        Accusing others of misinformation, and saying dead animals instead of meat, pushes people away and hurts your argument, btw.