Quorn tastes nothing like an actual chicken. On the other hand I have never tasted fast food chicken nor frozen schnitzels.
I am not saying it is bad, but it has a very particular taste that is definitely NOT related to chicken.
I haven't found any "meat-like" product that would taste even remotely like the real thing. ANd I have tried all the ones available in France and Sweden, which is already quite a lot (my girlfriend is vegetarian so we eat mostly vegetarian).
Most "ground beef" vegetarian equivalents are super dry and taste much more soy than meat, which is OK in itself but when you cook meatballs well.... it is really not the same.
IMO we are not at all at stage 1, and I am not sure we will get there anytime soon. It is not so dramatic though as there are still plenty of things to cook without it, but I'm a bit tired of some people insisting about how vegan alternatives are equal or better than non-vegan product.
It had some cheese included which definitely helped. I was comparing it to frozen schnitzel or other processed chicken (nuggets), which I usually don't choose to eat these days but I've had plenty over the years.
I'm not at all convinced it's healthier either given the length of the ingredient list, but I'll leave that to the experts.
Quorn tastes nothing like an actual chicken. On the other hand I have never tasted fast food chicken nor frozen schnitzels.
I am not saying it is bad, but it has a very particular taste that is definitely NOT related to chicken.
I haven't found any "meat-like" product that would taste even remotely like the real thing. ANd I have tried all the ones available in France and Sweden, which is already quite a lot (my girlfriend is vegetarian so we eat mostly vegetarian).
Most "ground beef" vegetarian equivalents are super dry and taste much more soy than meat, which is OK in itself but when you cook meatballs well.... it is really not the same.
IMO we are not at all at stage 1, and I am not sure we will get there anytime soon. It is not so dramatic though as there are still plenty of things to cook without it, but I'm a bit tired of some people insisting about how vegan alternatives are equal or better than non-vegan product.