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I wouldn't say it's filled with preservatives. The ingredients list for the bun lists calcium propionate which is considered a safer preservative. The pickles have potassium sorbate which you can always ask not to include. The batter they use does not appear to have any preservatives.

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks.

Like most vegetables, cauliflower contains almost no protein. The sandwich probably tastes great, but cauliflower doesn't make any sense as a nutritional substitute for chicken.

Do you have any references for the claim that: "it’s often lost on people that whole vegetables are better than processed patties"? Sounds like a baseless generalisation.

Your veggie patty is not just ground veggies. Your almond milk is not just ground almonds and water.

Almond milk is usually mostly sugar.

preservatives? Do you just mean salt?

Not all preservatives are created equal: nitrates, nitrites, benzoates, and propionics. But in this case probably just salt.

Salt is pretty much what makes "processed foods" processed.

Source: I asked a nutritionist