lol-what you said about amys and the green pepper reminded me of the edie murphy bit from the 80s when he talked about his mom making a green pepper burger when all the other kids got mcdonalds!
i eat meat but stil liked the review-good job!

I might have to give these a shot as a burger lover. Morningstar farms has some tasty “sausage” links as well.

interesting music for the ‘time for a frodown’ thing

i also don’t think you should use ‘mcdonalds sized burger’ as a unit of measure. their burgers are tiny, like bottle cap tiny, and that burger was visibly larger.

the boca burger was absolutely hilarious.

also i’m not sure how the cheese burger was on the same playing field as the other burgers, especially considering one of them was a vegan burger (the one that was the absolute worst).

thanks for the entertaining review

I’ve been eating the Morningstar Farms Grillers for years and I think they are great. I still eat real burgers but I love the taste of the Grillers. I just wish they were a little more budget friendly. I’m going to have to try the sausage one of these days.

I think it’s important to note that non-organic soy is almost certainly a variety genetically-modified for pesticide resistance, and hence, likely heavily sprayed with pesticides/herbicides. I think that contributes quite a bit to the offensive taste, on top of the ‘dog food’ one you mention. (I grew up running errands with my mom near a soybean processing plant, I totally know what you are talking about). The boca burger’s #1 ingredient is soy, while morningstar’s is vegetables, which would explain the stark difference, I think, along with the cheese. (And no fair testing one with cheese and the others naked!)

In any case, I spend the extra $ on organic, esp. for my young son, to not have the extra chemicals.

Oh and thanks for your sacrifice with meat production in the US being a huge contributor to pollution, disease, and greenhouse gas emissions, it would help immensely if more Americans integrated some meatless meals into their menus.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerry-trueman/emeating-animalsem-foer-g_b_353057.html

Thanks

When I get veggie burgers, I usually get the Boca burgers, to be honest, just becuase they have a good nutritional profile. 13 grams of protein for only 70 calories? That’s great.
I smother them in mustard and salsa before I eat them though.
I’ll have to try the Morningstar ones!
Great review!

Greg,
A ‘regular” Vegan/Veggie burger sucks without cheese, but some of the ‘flavored’ ones are tolerable. I remember on GrubGrade we tried one of the Boca flavors (Tomato/Basil/Parmesan) and it was actually pretty good.

Still crap compared to the real thing, and even frozen turkey burgers (which I think are pretty good, try Jennie-O)

I don’t even pretend these are a substitution, so no bun and my topping is only salsa (different varieties, depending). Anyway, I think how these get cooked makes a ton of difference. I use my toaster oven and toast them. Morningstar is my favorite and Gardenburger makes some great flavors. Haven’t tried the others.

I’m definitely not a vegetarian but I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to try something new eh?! I can wholly appreciate your sacrifice and I’m terribly sorry that you had to put that in your mouth!! (mostly referring to the boca burger!)

I’m going to be anxiously awaiting a frozen pizza frodown, I would just like to know once and for all which is the best~!

Greg is a douche. Can you tell me more about the f*cking box which we can already see and has absolutely no effect on taste?

All veggy burgers taste horrible out of the microwave. Taking just a couple extra minutes to pan-fry makes all the difference.

“The boca burger's #1 ingredient is soy, while morningstar's is vegetables…”

The number 1 ingredient in Morningstar Grillers is TVP–it's soy plus wheat gluten.

I'll never figure out how they get away with gouging as they do for what is effectively a by-product of a fantastically cheap GMO crop, though.

The very best is Morningstar Farms Spicy Black Bean Burger- puts every other veggie burger (including the other types of Morningstar Farms veggie burgers) to shame. Yum!

I appreciate this because while I'm not “going vegan” or “going vegetarian”, I'd like to maybe start introducing these things into my diet (because I do feel guilty when I eat meat). To all the haters, this review was obviously done from a omnivore standpoint, so maybe if you're looking for a vegetarian or vegan view, you should look elsewhere.

Brilliant. Why because I agreed 100%. I despise Boca and spit them out when I tried to eat them too. I love Morningstar girllers and eat them often and the others are just OK. Thanks for saying what I would, but doing it better and for the record. Glad us vegetarians and carnivores share similar tastes at times, even when you dislike the vegetarian aftertaste and I am repulsed by the meat aftertaste and sometimes just that meat flavor. Very Entertaining.