How Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods compare to beef.

Lori Rice

My first taste of a veggie burger was 20 years ago when I discovered the Gardenburger.

And for a long time, that was the case for most veggie burgers!

Packaged Impossible burger patties and beyond beef patties

Lori Rice

What Are the Ingredients of Impossible and Beyond Meat?

Its not genetically modified and is free of soy and gluten.

Are Impossible and Beyond Meat Healthy?

Beyond Beef nutrition label information

Beyond Beef nutrition label.Lori Rice

That said, there are a few notable differences:

Are They Better for the Planet?

The real argument for eating plant-based burgers has to do with the environment far more than nutrition.

Impossible and Beyond are simply more sustainable than meat.

Impossible burger nutritional information label

Impossible Burger nutrition label.Lori Rice

In other words, beef is tough on the planet.

Both Impossible and Beyond have a far lighter environmental footprint.

For plenty of folks, this is the most compelling motivation of all.

Impossible and Beyond Meat burgers on plate

Lori Rice

Personally, I really like the flavor of Beyond and Impossible burgers.

Taste and Texture

Of course, not everyone agrees with Liz.

Its all very personal and there is only one way to find out if plant burgers are for you.

In my own house, both Impossible and Beyond got a thumbs up during an informal taste test.

Our group of four was split right down the middle in terms of preference.

A quick scan online found standard ground beef about 43 percent less expensive than Impossible and Beyond Meat.

Below are a few tips that may prove useful.

They will likely be less expensive with plenty of nutritious upsides.

According to Liz Weiss, Plant-based burgers are not reallyplant powered.

Here are four homemade veggie burger recipes.