> They’re ultra processed

Since Reddit seems to consider that a big deal, we should clarify what it means.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-processed_food#Definition

The category includes things such as:

• Carbonated soft drinks, such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola
• Sweet, fatty or salty packaged snacks, such as Cheetos and potato chips
• Candies (confectionery), such as Snickers and Butterfinger
• Mass-produced packaged breads and buns, such as Wonder Bread and other White bread
• Cookies (biscuits), such as Oreo
• Pastries, such as Pepperidge Farm and Franz Family Bakeries
• Cakes and cake mixes, such as Duncan Hines and Pillsbury
• Margarine and other spreads, such as Smart Balance and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!
• Sweetened breakfast cereals, such as Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms
• Sweetened fruit yoghurt and energy drinks, such as Go-Gurt and Monster Energy
• Powdered and packaged instant soups, noodles, and desserts, such as Cup Noodles and Campbell's Soup Company
• Pre-prepared meat, cheese, pasta and pizza dishes, such as Ball Park Franks and Jimmy Dean (brand)
• Poultry and fish nuggets and sticks, such as Tyson Foods and McDonald's Sausages, burgers, hot dogs, and other reconstituted meat products, such as Spam and Slim Jim (snack food)

People are going to have to exclude a lot of commonly eaten food to avoid everything that is 'ultra-processed.' Not just those that happen to be plant-based meat substitutes.

I'm not a consumer of any of the products from these two companies. I do like Quorn nuggets, by those are mycoprotein, so possibly a different thing. But I have them maybe a couple of times a year. But some people who are trying to reduce their meat intake have told me that they do try Beyond or Impossible from time to time, and they are serviceable facsimiles for their purpose. Not that burgers or sausage or whatever, either plant-based or meat-based, are exactly healthy.