Is quorn bad for you?

Question

Does it contain harmful chemicals. Is there a healthier alternative.

Answer 1

i've never heard that.
harmful chemicals in fungus?
healthier alternative?
vegetables, fruit, seeds & pulses.
eat as much as u like, raw.
(cook the pulses, nasty raw)
cook adding no fat.
quorn is better 4 u than meat. c links below.
with or without chemicals.
there's added ingredients in all out food.
hidden or named, they're there.

Answer 2

Personally, I give it a miss,the taste is actually not too bad but, first of all , yes it has additives,as it is a processed foodstuff that needs to have a shelf life of more than a couple of days. Most of these are not life threatening but more on the undesirable side. Can cause allergies etc... My reluctance to use it stems from the fact that there is not a lot of information around about it, why ever not?

Was told by an aquaintance (British and vegetarian) that it is produced from genetically manipulated substances, in fact, it sounds much too manufactured for my liking.
There are many alternatives, In fact,! have just learned of a new one here on Q&A just last night.... Seitan,,, you can make your own, therefore know what is in it. Depends on how keen you are in the kitchen of course. You can always buy derivatives of the same. Best bet is to go for organic products, more expensive I know, but in between, beans and lentils are extremely cheap and also your healthy alternative, so you can balance it all out in the end. Just read the packages,,, they are "supposed" to tell you what is used in each product. Too many e-numbers, be a bit wary I would say.

Answer 3

Hello,

(ANS) "Quarn" is made from Micoprotein ( a kind of protein that is grown from a fungus essentially) its considered to still be a vegetable technically, although it has the texture and qualities of a meat product.

No! Quarn definately doesnt contain any nasty chemicals.

**The only other food stuff that I can think of that comes close to quorn would be Tofu, or soya bean curd. Personally I love tofu but many dont like it because they just dont understand how to cook it and favour it properly so it tates nice. Tofu is Ib of Ib richer than beef in protein.

**I've eaten Quorn for many years & I still enjoy it as a treate, as something to add extra variety into my vegan/vegetarian wheat free diet.

IR

Answer 4

I have been veggie for about 14 years and veggie food has changed a lot. I find that quorn gives me stomach cramps and trapped wind it is not nice!
In recent years many supermarkets have begun doing their own veggie ranges Tesco for example to a very good range of soya based products that are also better value than quorn and I find do not upset my stomach.
The heathiest diet is a balanced one, and as a veggie that should mean nuts seeds and pulses as well as lots of fresh friut vegetables, pasta, rice and cereals. If you can afford the extra organic foods are also vastly tastier!

Answer 5

There are a few alternatives (TVP - textured vegetable protein; tofu; a company called Redwood make a few great veggie 'slices' type things for salads and sarnies- Morrison's carry some of them) but they are all much of a muchness.

There is not really much wrong with Quorn. It is certainly healthier than meat in soooo many ways.

Answer 6

I believe Quorn to be healthy and have included it as part of my children's veggie diet since it first became avaiable. It is processed as it is a micro mushroom (discovered locally to where I live) but the ingredients list on the raw material is very small and they have to include any chemicals and e numbers used in production in the list.

So no problems. Its good stuff and very versatile.

Answer 7

Quorn actually has less calories and fat than meat. I'm a vegetarian and eat Quorn instead of meat a LOT!! I'm not sure about the chemicals thing though??

Answer 8

The heathiest thing you can do is grow your own food in an organic fashion and chew it slowly.

I have been a vegetarian for over 10 years and I enjoy Quorn products in moderation. Any processed food will not be as healthy as raw/organic - but wow is it yummy, and entirely much healthier than eating flesh.

Answer 9

Not unless you eat it by the troughfull. It is not vegan so i can't eat it. I don't think Vegetarians eat it everyday anyway. It is nice to have vegetable only dishes also. Quorn is the lowest in fat of all meat substitutes therefore it is the healthiest one you can get. The vegan ones are higher in fat but then we don't drink milk or eat cheese so it balances out in the long run.

Answer 10

What i think is : Being a vegetarian myself it has to be better than meat at least you know what your eating when you are eating a qourn curry or a qourn burger. It has hardly any fat in it and check out the ingredients on a pack of say meat sausages then on a pack of qourn ones. I know what ones i would buy. My husband and son eat meat and veggie food and they even say that it tastes better depending what i have chosen to cook. I have caught them out once or twice too! Thinking they were eating meat but were eating qourn really....! There is no rubbish in it in my opinion and i don't know of a tastier or better alternative.