Here’s what a vegan fish tastes like – Garden Gourmet’s Tuna Visch
How healthy are vegetable products? One thing is for sure for the Thun-Visch: The vegan alternative also provides a lot of protein.
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The supermarket sells feta cheese, which is called “Feto”, salmon is spelled with X and tuna with V. This is not a secret spelling reform, but a wide range of vegetable products. More and more cheese, meat or fish find their way into our shopping carts, refrigerators and pans without animals being milked, slaughtered or trapped. The vegan “Thun-Visch” by Gourmet Garden is new on the market: we have already tried it.
The proportion of strict vegetarians and vegans in the total population is only slowly growing. And yet more and more people are following the need to eat less meat: for the welfare of the animals, for the benefit of the climate or for the health of the individual. This is called “flexetarian”. diet with reduced meat, meeting a growing market for plant-based products.
The vegan Thun-Visch has been in the range since September 2021. Behind is the Nestlé-Daughter gardener, which has been producing exclusively vegan and vegetarian food for over 30 years. The offer is by no means aimed only at young urban vegans. As the appreciation of plant-based nutrition increases in all age groups.
Tuna goes well with salad and pasta, on pizza and in sandwiches. At the same time it is a supplier of omega-3 fatty acids, iron and protein. But if you know that the seas are overfished and that environmental toxins are regularly detected in tuna, you can now try the vegan version – and be surprised.
How does a vegan tuna taste – and what’s in it?
Like the preserved original, the “Visch” can be enjoyed hot or cold. He smells of fish, tastes uncooked intensely aromatic and unmistakably spicy – as the fishing variant.
For these and other meat or fish alternatives, one of the biggest challenges is the natural one coherence imitate the fish. The tuna whiskey crumbles gently on the tongue – the difference to the original is particularly noticeable when enjoyed clean. Drawn in a good tomato sauce and with Italian pasta, the vegan fish tastes confusingly similar to the original.
The Thun-Visch comes in an environmentally friendly glass.
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In addition to water, the list of ingredients contains only 6 ingredients: pea and wheat protein, canola oil, spices, lemon fiber and salt. The vish is flavored to give its main ingredient, pea protein, that specific marine note. These are mostly natural flavors.
That pea protein is a “rising star” in the vegetated sky that is currently establishing itself. Numerous alternatives to meat and milk have already benefited from the creamy consistency of the protein, which makes it so suitable for substitute products. Another advantage for humans and nature: peas can be grown very well in Europe – this saves money Gourmet Garden long transport routes and a lot of CO2.
With 22.6 g of protein per 100 g, vegan fish has a protein content that is about as high as that of canned tuna salted in water (22 to 24 g of protein). The rapeseed oil contained in “Visch” also provides the valuable omega-3 fatty acids that are also characteristic of real fish.
A glass of Thun-Visch contains 175 g, costs 3.79 euros and can be purchased in well-stocked supermarkets.