# Beyond Meat Beyond Burger

28 Hacker News commenters recommended Beyond Meat Beyond Burger and 46 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for tasting good, easy cooking and a meat-free option; the most common caveat is price, with critics also calling it ultra-processed.

## Why people recommend it

- Tastes good to many (6 comments): "Beyond meat gives me something that tastes good, is easy to cook, fits into a healthy diet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747211)) "because it tastes better without "that taste"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47405329)) "it tasted quite nice, too expensive though" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745014))
- Cleaner ingredients than many meats (3 comments): "Beyond meat doesn't have nitrates, filler, stabilizers or "85% meat" hence it's way more healthy than most meat-based patties" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411027)) "plant-based burgers (Beyond) and even steaks (Juicy Marbles) that are in every way superior to the average offal-based" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45804123)) "I'm quite surprised by how decent the ingredients are." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411113))
- Easy to cook and widely available (2 comments): "Beyond meat gives me something that tastes good, is easy to cook, fits into a healthy diet." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47747211)) "the product is palettable, consistent, and available almost universally" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47408149))
- Lower emissions and sustainability (2 comments): "it generates a lot fewer greenhouse emissions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271888)) "solve real sustainability challenges" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47415537))

## What people warn about

- Expensive for what you get (6 comments): "it tasted quite nice, too expensive though" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47745014)) "Yes it was generally more expensive, for the worst quality meat but otherwise I think it was at a reasonable medium price point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410985)) "I'd never touch these things with a 10 ft pole when I can make a bean patty burger or halloumi burger for 50% of the price" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47410352))
- Beany or funky taste for some (3 comments): "after about a year of being part of my regular diet it started being disgusting unfortunately" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409905)) "it is definitely beany tasting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47443497)) "the pea and beat flavors come out pretty strongly to me and gives the patties a sort of funky smell" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47405401))
- Seen as ultra-processed, not healthy (4 comments): "ultra processed food devoid of micronutrients with low quality protein and poor bioavailability" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409888)) "I don't think you can say they are way healthier than beef by any stretch of the imagination." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412008)) "it was the first thing he called out as being healthier, which was factually incorrect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411979))
- Viewed as commercial failure (3 comments): "beyond meat was a super cynical bet that ordinary non-vegetarian consumers would no longer be able to afford meat" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47408836)) "I think it's pretty obvious from their financial results that this company is a commercial failure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47421100)) "Beyond just has shit product, even if they genuinely were the first to develop the technology." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743554))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Impossible Burger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/impossible-burger.md): 27 recommend
- [Beyond Burger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/beyond-burger.md): 27 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Beyond Meat Beyond Burger", https://hackerapproved.com/p/beyond-meat/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).