There are 260 calories in 1 patty (113 g) of Beyond Meat The Beyond Burger. Calorie breakdown: 62% fat, 8% carbs, 31% protein.
Starbucks recently introduced two new plant-based drinks – Almondmilk Honey Flat White and Coconutmilk Latte as part of Starbucks permanent menu across Canada. So, if you are looking for non-dairy options for your drink with this brand new menu item, you have quite a few options with Beyond Meat Burger for breakfast at Starbucks.
Starbucks is the latest food chain to add Beyond Meat burger to its breakfast menu in Canada. From March 3, 2020, you can get Beyond Meat, Cheddar and Egg Sandwich at Starbucks’ Canadian stores.
If you’d prefer to eat your cruelty-free burger at home, you can buy a pack of Beyond Burgers at Target. Look for them next to the turkey burgers and ground beef in the meat aisle. The widespread availability of these meat alternatives is great news for vegetarians, but are Beyond Burgers a healthier choice? And what the heck is actually in them?
What is Beyond Burger?
The Beyond Burger — the ubiquitous plant-based burger that looks and tastes just like a big old hunk of ground beef — is available at upscale restaurants across the country, not to mention fast-food and casual-dining chains such as Carl’s Jr.,and TGIFridays. (Beyond’s competitor, the Impossible Burger, is cutting a similar swath across …
A Beyond Burger, however, includes 18 ingredients: water, pea protein isolate, expeller-pressed canola oil, refined coconut oil, rice protein, natural flavors, cocoa butter, mung bean protein, methylcellulose, potato starch, apple extract, salt, potassium chloride, vinegar, lemon juice concentrate, sunflower lecithin, pomegranate fruit powder, and beet juice extract ( the beet juice give the burger its meat-like “ blood”).
Ethan Brown, the creator of Beyond Meat (the company that makes the Beyond Burger as well as Beyond Sausage, Beyond Beef Crumbles, and Beyond Ground Beef) told an NPR podcaster that his a-ha moment came when he realized that meat is made of five basic elements: amino acids, lipids, a small amount of carbohydrates, trace minerals, and water.
But if you’re just looking for a healthier meal, the Beyond Burger is no healthier than a grass-fed beef burger, turkey burger, or chicken burger. You should find the best meat you can afford — organic if possible — keep to small patties of four ounces or less, and rotate through your favorites.”.
The Beyond Burger, however has no cholesterol, compared with beef’s 70 mg. “But saturated fat is more damaging in terms of heart disease than dietary cholesterol is,” points out Bonnie Taub-Dix, RDN, creator of BetterThanDieting.com and author of Read It Before You Eat It.
Blatner points out that when it comes to calories and saturated fat, the Beyond Burger is about equal to a grass-fed beef burger (Beyond’s saturated fat comes from coconut oil and cocoa butter), and it has far more sodium than its animal-based counterpart.
How many calories are in Beyond Burger?
Calories: 270. Fat: 20 g (6 g saturated fat) Sodium: 380 mg. Carbohydrates: 5 g. Fiber: 3 g. Sugars: 0 g. Protein: 20 g. As for other highlights, the Beyond Burger packs in 30 percent of your daily iron quota and an impressive amount of phosphorus (which is found in your bones and teeth), along with some vitamin C.
According to Beyond Meat, creating a Beyond Burger uses 99% less water, 93% less land, and 46% less energy than producing a beef patty.
But the company site does offer up some info online about how the Beyond Burger is made: “We use a simple process of heating, cooling, and pressure to create the fibrous texture of meat and layer in plant-based fats, binders, flavors, and colors.” A little cryptic.
Other than that, it’s main ingredients are pretty similar to the Beyond Burger, and include water, coconut oil, sunflower oil, and natural flavors. Its nutrition breakdown is similar, as well:
Helping the Earth is part of Beyond Meat’s mission. The company says on its website that it aims to help relieve constraints on natural resources that raising cattle for beef can cause and promote animal welfare by, ya know, encouraging people to eat fewer cows.
After years on the market and a solid IPO showing, Beyond Burgers are available in more places than ever these days. You can throw some in your cart on your next Target run or click Buy Now from Amazon Prime Fresh. Plus, Carl’s Jr., Bareburger, and Just Salad are among the many fast-food chains with delish Beyond Meat options on their menus.
But faux-meat products like Beyond Burger aren’t perfect. “They’re highly-processed foods and typically are high in sodium, which could be a problem for people with high blood pressure,” she adds.
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