What is vegetarian bacon made out of?!
Answers: I'm not vegetarian or anything but I was watching a cooking show the other day and she put vegetarian bacon into something and it looked really gross. But I was wondering if anyone knew what it is made out of?
These are vegetarian versions of popular dishes that non-vegetarians enjoy and are frequently consumed as fast food, comfort food, transition food for new vegetarians, or a way to show non-vegetarians that they can be vegetarians while still enjoying their favorite foods. Many vegetarians just enjoy these dishes as part of a varied diet.
Some popular mock-meat dishes include:
Veggie burgers (burgers usually made from grains, TVP ( a meat substitute made from defatted soy flour, a by-product of making soybean oil. It is quick to cook, high in protein, and low in fat.), seitan (wheat gluten), tempeh, and/or mushrooms)
In some cases, one can order a burger made without any mock-meat at all, see: "burgerless burger"
Veggie dogs (usually made from TVP)
Imitation sausage (soysage, various types of 'salami', 'bologna', 'pepperoni', et al., made of some form of soy)
Mockmeat or 'meatyballs' (usually made from TVP)
Vegetarian or meatless 'chicken' (usually made from seitan, tofu or TVP)
Jambalaya (with mock sausage and mock chicken, usually made from TVP, seitan, or tempeh)
Tomato Omelette where tomatoes and a paste of flour is used to produce a vegetable omelette without the use of eggs.
Scrambled eggs where tofu is mashed and fried with spices (often including tumeric, for its strong yellow color) to produce a dish that is often nearly indistinguishable from eggs.
Mycoprotein is another common base for mock-meats, and vegetarian flavorings are added to these bases, such as sea vegetables for a seafood taste.
Note that choa tofu and tempeh are components in certain cuisines in their own right, and do not necessarily take the place of meat.
soy and vegetable proteins, salt, seasonings
soy, and vegetarian spicing
Mostly soy. Some corn oil. The ingredients are always on the package. ( at least in Canada )
i imagine if you read the ingredients list from the package, it's going to say somewhere "textured soy protien".
Well Morning Star Farms Veggie Bacon is made out of EGG WHITES, SOYBEAN OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS, TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEAT GLUTEN, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (CORN GLUTEN, WHEAT GLUTEN, SOY), CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF GLYCERIN, SALT, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SUGAR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS FROM NON-MEAT SOURCES, TORULA YEAST, CARAMEL COLOR, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, MALIC ACID, GUAR GUM, YEAST EXTRACT, LOCUST BEAN AND GUAR GUM, SODIUM SULFITE, CARRAGEENAN, RED #3, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NIACINAMIDE, IRON [FERROUS SULFATE], AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NONFAT DRY MILK, YELLOW #6, VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B6 [PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], CITRIC ACID, CYANOCOBALAMIN.
Allergen Information:
CONTAINS EGG, SOY, WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS.