This story is part of The Healthyish Guide to Eating for the Climate...Without Stressing Out, a collection of our best tips for living sustainably and eating well while doing so.
You loooOoOove the soy chorizo, right? Ya gotta hand it to Trader Joe’s: the grocery chain has long been ahead of the curve when it comes to meatless alternatives. And unlike so many brands that take themselves very seriously as arbiters of so-called plant-based eating, Trader Joe’s has FUN with their soy-and-who-knows-what’s-in-there non-meats. The orange chicken-less chicken! The cute lil meatballs! But there are definite hits and misses in those many meatless packages. The biggest miss is how much packaging is involved: laminated boxes, plastic containers sealed with plastic wrap, bags within bags. Not a good look, Joe.
I tested all of the TJ-brand imitation meats just like I do every new product at the culty grocery store, to bring you the honest news you can use. (Note: I didn’t taste the variety of veggie burgers, since those are in a class of themselves—they’re not a direct imitation of meat in the ways these are.) Let’s take a bite.
In order from best to leave-it-on-the-shelf:
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