Panda Express Offer: Purchase One Beyond Orange Chicken Bowl, Get Any Bowl

gtautumn

Sep 27, 2022 5:23 PM

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Quote from babygdav

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https://www.beyondmeat.com/en-US/...ond-burger

Fact:
Typical Beyond Beef patties.
Sodium 390 mg

https://www.target.com/p/angus-be...A-81792338

Fact:
Typical Angus Beef patties
Sodium 100 mg

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-...at-per-day

American Heart Association recommendation.
"moving toward an ideal limit of no more than 1,500 mg per day for most adults"

Beyond:
390 mg / 1500 mg =
26% of daily recommended sodium intake

Real:
100 mg / 1500 mg =
7% of daily recommended sodium intake

Fact:
Beyond has 3.7x MORE UNHEALTHY SODIUM than real beef.

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https://www.pandaexpress.com/nutr...nformation

Fact:
Beyond Orange Chicken:
810 mg in 4.75 oz, which normalizes to 810/4.75
= 171 mg sodium per oz

Real Orange Chicken:
820 mg in 5.7 oz, which normalizes to
820/5.7
= 144 mg sodium per oz

Fact:
Beyond Orange Chicken has 19% MORE SODIUM than real Orange Chicken.

Now do everything else on the nutrition label...unless there was a reason you chose to focus only on a single nutritional aspect...

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RebootSequence

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Quote from babygdav

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https://www.beyondmeat.com/en-US/...ond-burger

Fact:
Typical Beyond Beef patties.
Sodium 390 mg in 113 g patty

https://www.target.com/p/angus-be...A-81792338

Fact:
Typical Angus Beef patties
Sodium 100 mg in 151 g patty

https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-...at-per-day

American Heart Association recommendation.
"moving toward an ideal limit of no more than 1,500 mg per day for most adults"

Beyond:
390 mg / 1500 mg =
26% of daily recommended sodium intake

Real:
100 mg / 1500 mg =
7% of daily recommended sodium intake

Fact:
1 Beyond Beef patty has 3.7x MORE UNHEALTHY SODIUM than real beef.

Normalized:
390 mg / 113 g = 3.45 mg per gram Beyond
100 mg / 151 g = 0.662 mg per gram Real Beef

Or per gram, Beyond Beef contains MORE THAN 3.45/0.0662 = 5.2x SODIUM PER GRAM than Real Beef!

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https://www.pandaexpress.com/nutr...nformation

Fact:
Beyond Orange Chicken:
810 mg in 4.75 oz, which normalizes to 810/4.75
= 171 mg sodium per oz

Real Orange Chicken:
820 mg in 5.7 oz, which normalizes to
820/5.7
= 144 mg sodium per oz

Fact:
Beyond Orange Chicken has 19% MORE SODIUM than real Orange Chicken.

Unless you're the only person who doesn't season their beef when cooking it, this is an inaccurate look at the end product. Let us know what you come up with after you add the actual salt used to cook a beef burger.

Not to mention the cholesterol in beef, which plant based meat does not have.

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BillsCamino

Sep 27, 2022 5:56 PM

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BillsCaminoSep 27, 2022 5:56 PM

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Beyond gross

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plainv70

Sep 27, 2022 5:56 PM

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Quote from Psygnius

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Damn, there's a lot of hate for meat-alternative products in this thread. Yeah, it's more expensive, and doesn't taste exactly like meat. Generally, I do like eating real beef and chicken, but sometimes, I just want something with less cholesterol and less environmental impact than beef. Might not be the healthiest, especially on the sodium side, but it's still better than its meat counterpart. That's why I don't mind eating it once in a while.

Neither the authentic chicken or Beyond Chicken entrées are particularly healthy--like most offerings at Panda Express.

Indeed more sodium, 10% more on an equal portion basis.

7% more fat which is typical of many near meat products. Beyond Orange Chicken has more saturated fat (11%) than its real chicken counterpart, and more significantly, almost ½ the protein of the real chicken entrée (on an equal wt basis).

	SERVING SIZE (OZ)	CALORIES	CALORIES FROM FAT (G)	TOTAL FAT (G)	SATURATED FAT (G)	TRANS FAT (G)	CHOLESTEROL (MG)	SODIUM (MG)	TOTAL CARB (G)	DIETARY FIBER (G)	SUGARS (G)	PROTEIN (G)	$/lb
	oz	cal	g	g	g	g	mg	mg	g	g	g	g
SPECIALTY
BEYOND ORANGE CHICKEN (BOC)	4.75	440	200	22	5	0	0	810	47	5	15	13	$29.81

BEYOND ORANGE CHICKEN*	5.70	490	223	25	6	0	0	902	52	6	17	14

CHICKEN
ORANGE CHICKEN (OC)	5.70	490	210	23	5	0	80	820	51	2	19	25	$24.84

Difference**, BOC vs OC (%)	-	0	6%	7%	11%		-100%	10%	3%	178%	-12%	-42%	20%

*Beyond Orange Chicken scaled up to 5.7 oz portion size.
**on an equal weight basis.

https://www.pandaexpress.com/nutr...nformation (27 sep 2022)

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BillsCamino

Sep 27, 2022 5:58 PM

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Quote from axemexa

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Not on the menu at the location near me

As it should be

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gtautumn

Sep 27, 2022 6:07 PM

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gtautumnSep 27, 2022 6:07 PM

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Quote from BillsCamino

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As it should be

Because?

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Nuocmamstyle

Sep 27, 2022 6:09 PM

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Quote from Chargr

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Their food is already processed food. Why should I eat their new super processed item? That's all this plant meat is.

I take it you've never been to a slaughterhouse or cut a chicken's neck off while the blood squirts everywhere or gutted the stomach of a pig...

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munkle

Sep 27, 2022 6:13 PM

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munkleSep 27, 2022 6:13 PM

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Got this for lunch today, I liked the beyond chicken, was pretty close to the real thing. Wouldn't pay extra for it though.

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gtautumn

Sep 27, 2022 6:21 PM

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Quote from plainv70

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Neither the authentic chicken or Beyond Chicken entrées are particularly healthy--like most offerings at Panda Express.

Indeed more sodium, 10% more on an equal portion basis.

7% more fat which is typical of many near meat products. Beyond Orange Chicken has more saturated fat (11%) than its real chicken counterpart, and more significantly, almost ½ the protein of the real chicken entrée (on an equal wt basis).

	SERVING SIZE (OZ)	CALORIES	CALORIES FROM FAT (G)	TOTAL FAT (G)	SATURATED FAT (G)	TRANS FAT (G)	CHOLESTEROL (MG)	SODIUM (MG)	TOTAL CARB (G)	DIETARY FIBER (G)	SUGARS (G)	PROTEIN (G)	$/lb
	oz	cal	g	g	g	g	mg	mg	g	g	g	g
SPECIALTY
BEYOND ORANGE CHICKEN (BOC)	4.75	440	200	22	5	0	0	810	47	5	15	13	$29.81

BEYOND ORANGE CHICKEN*	5.70	490	223	25	6	0	0	902	52	6	17	14

CHICKEN
ORANGE CHICKEN (OC)	5.70	490	210	23	5	0	80	820	51	2	19	25	$24.84

Difference**, BOC vs OC (%)	-	0	6%	7%	11%		-100%	10%	3%	178%	-12%	-42%	20%

*Beyond Orange Chicken scaled up to 5.7 oz portion size.
**on an equal weight basis.

https://www.pandaexpress.com/nutr...nformation (27 sep 2022)

Bolds part of quote where person specifically mentions the lower "cholesterol and less environmental impact than beef." and proceeded to offer "evidence" using an example that fits their narrative because if they actually used beef as an example it wouldn't hold up...

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Friendlyx

Sep 27, 2022 6:23 PM

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FriendlyxSep 27, 2022 6:23 PM

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I kept getting payment declined, but as soon as I logged out it worked? Just FYI in case anyone goes through problems.

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driz2084

Sep 27, 2022 6:48 PM

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Quote from Psygnius

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Damn, there's a lot of hate for meat-alternative products in this thread. Yeah, it's more expensive, and doesn't taste exactly like meat. Generally, I do like eating real beef and chicken, but sometimes, I just want something with less cholesterol and less environmental impact than beef. Might not be the healthiest, especially on the sodium side, but it's still better than its meat counterpart. That's why I don't mind eating it once in a while.

There's even more hate from meat-alternative products' stockholders.

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warre2m

Sep 27, 2022 7:40 PM

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warre2mSep 27, 2022 7:40 PM

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I despise Beyond/Impossible anything products and this was surprisingly good. I may have liked it even better than the kung pao chicken

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