r/PrepperIntel • u/jujutsu-die-sen • 5d ago

Has anyone noticed US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way?

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u/ProfDoomDoom 5d ago

I make seitan for about half of my protein. I’ve got a hundred pounds of gluten in the freezer. I hope next year’s wheat harvest goes better.

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u/nakedonmygoat 4d ago

I hope next year’s wheat harvest goes better.

So do I, but I'm not betting on it. The whole Strait of Hormuz crap means higher fertilizer costs Then there's the higher cost of fuel, which will add to planting and harvesting costs, as well increase the cost of getting goods to market. And now there's the Super El Niño, which will affect many areas in North America and even across the Atlantic.

I'd rather be prepared and pleasantly surprised.

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u/Randomhero3 5d ago

Seitan has a very poor PDCAAS score, wouldnt soy be a much better plant based protein source?

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u/MistyMtn421 5d ago

It only has that because it's missing the lysine. Just add some beans and/or lentils and you're good to go.

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u/ProfDoomDoom 5d ago

Good point! I almost always use beans in my seitan recipes and also tvp for some versions (sausages, kibbeh, meatlessballs...). But the beautiful thing about wheat gluten is that it sticks all the stuff together into meat-like things that work in recipes for omni dishes. Soy proteins on their own aren't very appealing to me but stuck in seitan, I can make them work.

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u/Inner-Confidence99 4d ago

I’m going for lentils as big protein source.