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Taco meat [EDIT: in Taco Bell's usage] is a perfect application, since its texture is already squishy and the flavor is dominated by spice. Plus, it's wrapped in a shell and mixed with lettuce and other things. Even a mediocre fake meat is enough to pass. Beyond Meat should have no trouble producing a virtually-indistinguishable taco meat.


Taco meat is a perfect application, since its texture is already squishy and the flavor is dominated by spice

Cheap fast food is a perfect application, There are plenty of higher quality tacos in the world.


Well yeah but this is a Taco Bell thread haha


Jack In The Box has been using textured vegetable protein instead of meat forever. Most people don't even realize it's not meat.


> Most people don't even realize it's not meat.

Except that it is indeed meat. It contains a Soy filler in addition to the meat, but it is meat.

Straight from the Jack's mouth[1]:

    Taco, Regular Filling Ingredients: Beef, Chicken, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Defatted Soy Grits, Seasoning... etc
[1] http://assets.jackinthebox.com/pdf_attachment_settings/108/v...


2 for $1 Jack tacos are absolutely phenomenal for the price.


Del Taco already has a Beyond Meat taco and it tastes like shit.


Too be fair though... Everything at Del Taco tastes really bad. :)


> Taco meat is a perfect application, since its texture is already squishy and the flavor is dominated by spice.

“Taco Bell ground beef” rather than “taco meat”; this is very much not true of taco meat generally, including the non-ground-beef options at Taco Bell or other similar fast-food taco restaurants.




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