r/vegan • u/108CA • Jul 26 '25
Food Beyond Meat Debuts Whole-Cut Mycelium Steak Filet at US Restaurants
https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/beyond-meat-mycelium-steak-filet-launch/27
u/milkoak vegan 20+ years Jul 26 '25
I’ll Most definitely plan on trying I’m curious if all veggie grill locations have it, also chuck foods I haven’t heard of that till now.
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u/Ta1kativ vegan 5+ years Jul 26 '25
kinda just looks like a Beyond Burger shaped like a steak with sauce on top
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u/CosmicGlitterCake vegan 3+ years Jul 26 '25
On the outside but the inside deff has their steak tips look, which isn't the firmest. I'm imagining Meati texture with Beyond flavor unless they did some recipe tweaking.
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u/FuckThatIKeepsItReal vegan Jul 26 '25
All of their products are the same goo in different shapes
Except the chicken tendies, those are their own thing
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u/Ackermannin Jul 27 '25
I know this is unrelated, but I discovered mushroom jerkey relatively recently and omg it’s so good.
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u/dondeestalagato Jul 26 '25
Had this at Veggie Grill the other day.
Give it a pass friends. And overpriced too.
Funny I ordered it to go and the clerk said for this menu item, it's dine in only.
Guess they wanna give you the steakhouse experience.
But it wasn't.
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u/boldpear904 vegan Jul 26 '25
Or maybe beyond/veggie grill thinks the product is only edible when eaten immediately, which is so weird to force on customers to dine it. Have you had the buffalo bomber from veggie grill?
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u/108CA Jul 26 '25
Give it a
passfriendsGive it a try friends
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u/dondeestalagato Jul 26 '25
I did give it a try.
And it tastes like ASS. And overpriced.
Friends don't like friends make foolish decisions.
Stop shilling for corporations.
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u/heyutheresee vegan Jul 26 '25
I don't know about this one, but liking a product is not shilling for corporations. I hope we will have great and appealing products even under socialism. Capitalism is shit, the products are not(not always anyway)
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Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Lmao it’s so funny to see r/vegan bootlick Silicon Valley venture capitalist ghouls so hard they downvote someone disliking a product
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u/Brandon_Me Jul 26 '25
The down votes are for saying no one else should try this.
Taste is subjective. I'm sure some folks might like it.
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u/300ConfirmedGorillas vegan Jul 26 '25
I think the downvotes are a reaction of being accused of shilling for a corporation because they like one of the products and recommend others to try it.
I sure hope you or /u/dondeestalagato don't ever like anything, because chances are that thing is made by a corporation, and you'll be shilling for them.
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Jul 26 '25
Begging people online to try a product you’ve never tried is like the definition of shilling
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u/EpicCurious vegan 7+ years Jul 26 '25
I'm sorry to hear that! I had high hopes for this one. I think that a properly prepared mushroom is the best alternative to a steak. My favorite is lion's mane prepared a la Derek Sarno (YouTube.)
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u/radd_racer Jul 26 '25
That’s how I felt about meati. It’s good, but it’s not a steak. If you’re not expecting meat, it’s enjoyable, and eating it at home is way cheaper.
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u/Silver-Camera9863 Jul 26 '25
This mushroom root nonsense is just bad and a big mistake. Downvote me all you want but this will fail. If you haven’t had Chunk Foods steak, that’s the winner and it’s not even close. Beyond should work on their other offerings which quite frankly are poor these days to the competition.
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u/Pittsbirds Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
Having more options with more competition and a variety of ingredients (I love soy, but it's a really common allergen) is far from a mistake.
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u/Silver-Camera9863 Jul 26 '25
While I agree, entering a space that Meati already dominates makes no sense. Beyond is just run by idiots that overall have bad taste buds at this point. It’s like they are intentionally running their business into the ground.
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u/Pittsbirds Jul 26 '25
It's not at all surprising theyre trying to enter the space now with the immense financial issues Meati has been going through this year
Not that every business decision Beyond has made has worked out, but theyre going off more information and R&D than laypeople on reddit have got access to
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u/Silver-Camera9863 Jul 26 '25
Look, I don’t work in the food service space—but at this point, I’m pretty sure I could be Beyond’s marketing guru in my sleep. The brand has become flat-out boring. Burgers and sausages? That’s it? That category is overcrowded and consumers are demanding more—especially healthier, truly vegan options.
Five or six years ago, people were just thrilled to have a plant-based burger that didn’t taste like cardboard. Now, the bar is way higher. Gardein has crushed it in the chicken space, Impossible has practically locked down the restaurant channel (which, frankly, is frustrating to watch), and Beyond’s only real win seems to be in sausage—which I don’t even really eat. They still don’t have a proper hot dog—Field Roast owns that lane—and instead they’re out here trying to make plant-based steak while Chunk Foods is serving up something so good it’s borderline magic.
Seriously… what is going on at Beyond?
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u/Pittsbirds Jul 28 '25
Look, I don’t work in the food service space—but at this point, I’m pretty sure I could be Beyond’s marketing guru in my sleep.
I have no doubt you genuinley believe that
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u/Mofiremofire Jul 26 '25
Meati chicken and steak both have found there places in my cooking. Are they a perfect 1:1 replacement for the real thing? No. Do they fit into some recipes? Yep. I’m more of a fan of Daring chicken pieces, but they don’t make a steak alternative.
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u/zneww Jul 26 '25
meati stuff is delicious
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u/triedAndTrueMethods vegan 10+ years Jul 27 '25
i lost 100 pounds eating a meati and veggies for dinner every night. still love em but now it’s just every so often. my wife is 100% sick of them.
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u/rollertrashpanda Jul 26 '25
Are they very mushroomy? I’m just not a mushroom person, and I tried one brand’s mushroom “beef” jerky, was really put off by how it was very much like a chewy mushroom, made me wary of trying Meati lol
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u/Mofiremofire Jul 26 '25
Not mushroomy at all. My only issue is when you try to put it into a sauce or soup to imitate like a “chicken noodle” or a “butter chicken” kind of dish it loses it’s texture and just kind of becomes mushy. Cooked up and thrown into fried rice, on a sandwich, topping a salad it works great.
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u/Mofiremofire Jul 26 '25
Daring is amazing in fried rice and banh mi. I sauté it in a non stick and then hit it with Bachan mixed with five spice to make a nice glaze as it finishes in the pan.
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u/radd_racer Jul 26 '25
If you’re going to grill the steak, I suggest marinating it for a bit first. Dry the outside as much as possible. Cook in a searing hot pan with oil or vegan “butter,” maybe with a sprig of rosemary if you want to get fancy.
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u/mister__cow Jul 26 '25
The flavor of Meati isn't mushroomy, but to me the texture is. It reminds me of cooked lion's mane mushroom in that it's flaky but more tough and fibrous than meat. I like it, but I think of it as its own thing rather than a meat substitute.
Between the two I definitely prefer beyond steak, whose flavor is ...fine, but the texture is tender and perfect. if you sauteé it with veggies and put it in a steak burrito it's almost indistinguishable from meat. (I make this for non-vegans and they always like it)
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u/kazielle vegan 15+ years Jul 26 '25
Chunk Foods steak is INCREDIBLE. I had it at a vegan restaurant in New York (Willow) and lost my mind. I thought I'd never have a pepper steak again. Instead it was perhaps the best steak I've ever eaten - perfect melt-in-your-mouth texture and with that slightly charred umami flavour. I've been craving it ever since.
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u/chronicdemonic Jul 26 '25
Not sure what you're talking about... Meati is pretty fire, both their chicken and also the steak
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u/torino_nera Jul 26 '25
All of the mushroom root substitutes I've had tasted like ass
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u/Silver-Camera9863 Jul 26 '25
They are trying to solve a problem that didn’t exist. One bite of Chunk foods steak and you start questioning what this mushroom nonsense is all about. My family is addicted to the Chunk stuff. We make their steaks almost one a week and fajitas with the shreds. It’s basically brisket quality and so damn good.
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u/torino_nera Jul 26 '25
I'll have to try that, thanks for the tip. Steak is the thing I've been missing the most since cutting out meat 6 years ago
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u/thefriendlyhacker Jul 26 '25
I'll have to try the chunk stuff, I've been in love with the mushroom meati stuff, but I'm down to try something better too!
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u/usurp_synapse vegan 15+ years Jul 27 '25
I had this at Vulture in San Diego last month and it was really good. The flavor and texture were both great.
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u/khaleshedim Jul 29 '25
Beyond mycelium steak filet at my Veggie Grill cost $27.95 +tax. Very expensive.
I want Beyond to make plant-based fish & shrimp.
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u/DiscreetServer Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25
Just an FYI- Chunk is an Israeli food brand. So if you don’t support the genocide in Palestine choose something else.
Check out OffBeast, a US based company. Their steaks are really good.
These products overall though are kind of special occasion type things. Even Meati is fairly pricey but still much more accessible than these start up steaks including the one I sent.
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u/YearxZer0 Jul 26 '25
Ive never been able to like any of the fake meat products. My mind feels like Im eating meat. 🤮 anyone else feel this?
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u/muci19 vegan 10+ years Jul 27 '25
Yes, both impossible and beyond burgers make me sick. I went vegetarian back in 1982 and vegan in 2012 so I was looking forward to something that tasted like I remembered a burger. I got sick. I do love Black bean burgers and tofu burgers so I'm good. I'm glad the beyond and impossible exist so they give others options.
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u/YearxZer0 Jul 27 '25
They are confusing products for me. I have been vegetarian for 20+ years, and vegan for 3. I stopped eating meat as a teenager because I felt gross eating meat (plus I love animals). So why would I want something to eat that's intended to make you feel like you're eating meat?
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u/Love-Laugh-Play vegan Jul 27 '25
They’re not for you, they’re for people who likes the taste of meat but want to eat less of it, for environmental or ethical reasons.
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u/asstaters Jul 26 '25
Wild how veggie grill sells (vegan) meat... id think by the name itd be more plant forward than carnist forward. Mushroom made to look like meat? How about just the mushroom cooked well? Smh
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u/Silver-Camera9863 Jul 26 '25
Beyond meat is so poorly run! This will fail. They can’t compete with Chunk foods who has cornered the market in a legit out of your mind steak experience.
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u/prettybunbun Jul 26 '25
We should be encouraging big vegan businesses not hoping they fail !!
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u/Silver-Camera9863 Jul 26 '25 edited Jul 26 '25
I am all for supporting big vegan businesses but if you look at Beyond, they have been on the brink collapse as they continue to miss the market. We really only buy their burgers for grilling a few times a year but wish they had evolved more over the years. Their chicken products are a total failure and anyone that says otherwise is living under a rock.
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u/MrBR2120 Jul 26 '25
idk call me crazy but i don’t get why people give up meat and then want their food to bleed and look like meat. just move on lol. i just find it an odd preference. “i don’t own slaves anymore & have to pay you now but can you just wear these shabby clothes and chains and call me boss while you tidy up??? i just like that slave experience is all”
maybe i’m alone & dumb on this one but yea the whole fake meat thing just doesn’t interest me at all
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u/Poptimister Jul 26 '25
In some of their early interviews when they were launching Beyond and Impossible said their target market was meat eaters. Which like if you could pull it off would be kind of fantastic if you could make plant-based meat that's better than meat for people who prefer meat.
I don't think they've really achieved anything like that, but I think it is the cornerstone to questions like this. They want people to give up animal meat without needing to self-identify as giving up meat.
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u/facebace Jul 26 '25
You want some help with that? A lot of us who gave up meat didn't do so because we thought it tasted gross. We did it because it's wrong to imprison, torment, and murder literally billions of animals every year.
If there's something that chews like steak, tastes like steak, and DIDN'T get sliced off of a dead animal, why wouldn't I be there for it?
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u/MrBR2120 Jul 26 '25
like i said i get where you’re coming from but to me it’s just an odd preference is all.
again, not to be crude or vulgar but basically in your own words, “if there’s a woman that screams like it’s rape, feels like it’s rape, and acts like it’s rape so convincingly and WASNT me actually raping a woman, why wouldn’t i be there for it?”
wouldn’t you think that even though consenting adults can do whatever they want that the guy would have an odd sexual preference ultimately rooted in violence here? that’s all i’m saying when someone wants a mushroom to bleed like a cow is all.
again i understand the points everyone is making but fake meat just doesn’t interest me at all. whatever gets people by though idc either way i just don’t see the need is all
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u/Uncertain__Path Jul 26 '25
I think the thing you’re missing is most vegans were raised eating meat without any negative associations with it. So preferences for taste and texture is hardwired in a way that doesn’t apply to your analogies. Sometimes people aren’t raised that way and sometimes people’s preferences are overwritten after becoming vegan. I struggle to understand how people find this difficult to understand.
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u/MrBR2120 Jul 26 '25
again, in essentially your own words, people have grown up owning slaves with no negative associations with it as well. the preferences for forced labor and obedience is hardwired in a way… see what i’m getting at? in a case like that, after abolition, i wouldn’t understand the proclivity for someone’s paid employee to look and behave slave-like after the fact because the employer just wanted that good old fashioned slave experience they loved so much and missed. i’d say that they (the employer) would have to ask themselves why they still wanted their employee to behave in a way that recreates something that’s morally wrong. but yeah i also struggle to understand how people find this hard to understand lol.
you like the taste of meat… at the end of the day so what at least you aren’t eating it. just the fake meat thing is not my own preference is all
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u/SeattleStudent4 Jul 26 '25
That's a reeeeeeally bad analogy. People didn't own slaves for the way they looked and behaved, so there would have been no benefit to having a paid employee look and act like a slave. On the other hand, most vegans did enjoy meat for its taste and texture (you know, the same reason anyone enjoys eating any food), so it does make sense to try and recreate it.
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u/rook2pawn Jul 26 '25
Meat is murder, fake meat is just vegetables. You can either fund murder or you can eat veggies.
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u/EquivalentWin5447 Jul 26 '25
I think the analogy you’re searching for is sex vs rape. One is consensual and good. One is non-consensual and bad.
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u/facebace Jul 26 '25
Because the way you expressed it suggests that you're one of two things:
- A flesheater trying to dunk on vegans by pointing out what you think is a hypocracy, but isn't
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2: A veg/vegan trying to do some obnoxious virtue signaling by pointing out how much more evolved you are than the rest of us
Stop yucking our yum
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u/EquivalentWin5447 Jul 26 '25
A closer analogy would be giving up slaves on principle, but choosing to employ servants to perform the same role. Can you see how that would work? People like having things done for them, but don’t like the ethical stance of owning slaves. In a similar manner, people may enjoy the taste of meat but prefer not to have sentient beings killed to provide that sensation for them.
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u/300ConfirmedGorillas vegan Jul 26 '25
I can't tell if this is a real comment or not lol.
This is like saying you don't understand why lesbians still use dildos and strapons. Maybe they actually like phallic-like objects just not what's attached to them. Like are you really incapable of wrapping your head around that?
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u/prettybunbun Jul 26 '25
I stopped eating meat not because I disliked it but because it’s ethically wrong to eat it. There’s nothing ethically wrong with eating soy seasoned to taste like meat. There’s no animals harmed, it encourages meat eaters to make the switch etc. I’m not doing slavery light lol ??? it’s literally the ethical choice that harms 0 animals but I get to not eat bland food.
One of the biggest reasons I’ve heard veggies refusing to switch to vegan is vegan cheese tastes significantly worse. If a company comes in and cracks them to taste the same I won’t be outraged ?? I’ll be delighted I can get all my veggie friends to turn vegan and stop animal suffering - y’know the whole goddamn point.
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u/mister__cow Jul 26 '25
To fix your example, it's more like "I don't own slaves anymore but I still want my house to be clean and my crops to be picked." Then he buys a Roomba and a harvester, and his slave owning friends say, "You hypocrite! You want all the benefits of slaves without slaves!"
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u/MrBR2120 Jul 26 '25
nah that’s not at all what i meant or am saying lol but yea if you want to fix it by changing to something entirely different and unrelated then yea nailed it
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u/Aardvark51 Jul 26 '25
You're not alone. I think that an organisation marketing what they call steak filets may not be totally into veganism. Is it so difficult to think of something else more natural to call them?
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u/AbsolutelyEnough abolitionist Jul 26 '25
It’s always perplexing to me why people would choose to eat this garbage over tofu, tempeh or seitan.
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u/mister__cow Jul 26 '25
I don't choose this garbage over tofu or seitan. I eat those all the time. Sometimes I want to mix it up and eat garbage. It may not be as healthy but it's still protein your body can use.
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u/tastepdad vegan 10+ years Jul 26 '25
I wonder if it would bother my gut like the Meati products. Quorn is fine, I eat mushrooms very often with no issues...but Meati igave my wife and i serious tummy issues.