Thank you for posting.

The concept of replacements for the bodies of birds and animals for food is a topic that has various views from vegans.

There seem to be three broad possibilities.

1. Cultures made from cells of birds and animals. So potentially getting the same stuff without killing living creatures.

2. Items made from plants yet textured and presented to look like and taste like the bodies of fish, birds and animals and of products derived from them, such as pies and fish fingers.

3. Items made from plants that have not been made to look like faux omnivore products because many vegans do not want their food to look like that as they want nothing to do with the cruelty.

The topic of group 1 above is new. I know that views among vegans about group 2 are very mixed. Some take the view that if those sort of look similar taste similar products are available and it helps people convert to becoming vegan then that is good, yet as committed vegans they do not want to eat that type of food themselves.

These days the number of vegans is increasing dramatically from what it was a few years ago. People have various reasons for being vegan. Some because of compassion for animals, some because of the wish to reduce global warming, some for health issues.

Mainstream still braggs about things that vegans reject. For example, some items like cars and furniture are advertised as if it is the best possible to have leather upholstery, yet I would never buy leather covered furniture, ugh, ooh, shudder!

Nor wear clothing or socks made from wool.

William