Seitan — also called wheat meat, wheat protein or wheat gluten — is a wheat - based (rather
than soy, like tempeh and tofu) meat substitute that has such a meaty
texture, you could probably fool your most carnivorous friends.
One found that spoilage was greater and most rapid in «extended»
than in «nonextended» (meaning pure) ground beef.22 Another study showed that coliform counts were significantly higher in beef mixed with
textured soy protein after one day of storage in comparison to the 100 % ground beef.23
Pig out intelligently with Smart Bacon ® — a product advertised as bringing «that hearty bacon taste into the veggie world» — and you'll get the following ingredients: Water,
soy protein isolate, wheat gluten, soybean oil,
textured soy protein concentrate,
textured wheat gluten, less
than 2 percent of natural smoke flavor, natural flavor (from vegetable sources), grill flavor (from sunflower oil), carrageenan, evaporated cane juice, paprika oleoresin (for flavor and color), potassium chloride, sesame oil, fermented rice flour, tapioca dextrin, citric acid, salt.