I've had this burger and I prefer the Beyond Burger, but the meat eaters that had it said it tasted just like a run of the mill fast food burger, so I'm hoping that it takes off with the health and environmentally conscious. If anyone can really make this work I'm thinking Burger King or McDonalds could, they are both excellent logistically and process wise.
This is exciting news in the food world and opens up a lot of choices for people looking for less heavy food choices.
The impossible burger has more fat, more saturated fat and more sodium than the standard beef patties. Less cholesterol though. Again, by mass (their patties are smaller, so direct comparisons are a little harder).
Comparison chart about halfway down: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/nutrition-environment-gene...
I know that the beef industry has a lot of subsidies (many billions per year), but how much impact does that have on price? Without subsidies, what happens to the $3.99 Big Mac? Would it go to $4.19 or $7?
What matters is the ratios protein vs sat fat vs fat vs carbs, and what your view of health science tells you is optimal.
Per g of protein, impossible burgers are low fat, and Beyond Meat is reguar fat.
With that, the only real incentive to eat the impossible whopper over the standard whopper would be personal motivation to eat less meat. And I'll hazard a guess that most people eating Burger King aren't immediately concerned with cutting down their meat consumption.