Impossible Foods Beef Lite

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Impossible Foods Achieves American Heart Association’s Heart-Check for Beef Lite

Impossible Foods’ newest product, Impossible Beef Lite, has successfully secured certification from the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Food Certification Program. This certification marks Impossible Beef Lite as the second plant-based meat product certified by the American Heart Association, following Beyond Meat’s Beyond Steak, which received the certification in May. Health considerations are increasingly influencing consumer choices, with shoppers seeking healthier options to support their well-being and prevent lifestyle-related health issues. The American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark is an easy way for consumers to identify more heart-healthy options. The American Heart Association recommends reducing saturated fats and eliminating trans fats from diets to lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Impossible Beef Lite meets these guidelines with its low saturated fat content, zero trans fat, zero cholesterol, …

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Beyond Steak Healthy Plant-Based Meat

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Health

Beyond Steak Becomes “First” Plant-Based Meat Certified by the American Heart Association

Beyond Meat (Nasdaq: BYND) announces Beyond Steak has become the first plant-based meat and first steak to be certified by the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Program.  The product will now carry the organization’s widely recognized Heart-Check seal, which helps consumers identify healthier foods when reading nutrition labels.  According to Beyond, its steak joins a select group of food products that meet the Association’s exacting nutritional standards for a heart-healthy food – including being low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol and sodium, and having over 10% of the Daily Value of essential nutrients.  Described as a better-for-you and portionable product, each serving of Beyond Steak offers 21 grams of protein, 170 calories and 1 gram of saturated fat, with no cholesterol, GMOs or added hormones …

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veganer Beyond Burger von Beyond Meat

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Gastronomy & Food Service

USA: Beyond Burger to be Available at Universities

Starting in the autumn, there will be more healthy, plant-based foods and meals available to students at American universities. Amongst other things, the vegan Beyond Burger will be added to the menus in canteens. The service provider Aramark, which is active in the areas of catering and service management, will be responsible for this. With its “Healthy for Life 20 by 20” program, in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA), Aramark wants to introduce more plant-based and heart-healthy foods in the canteens of American universities. This includes burgers with plant-based patties from the Californian brand Beyond Meat. These will be available under the name “All American Beyond Burger”, initially for a limited time. Some vegetarian and vegan dishes are already being served by the leading …

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