Hello and Welcome to Today's Special Episode: Blind Taste Test Reviewing UK's First Bleeding Vegan Burger

We have an exciting show for you today, folks! Joining us are our two talented chefs, Ben and James, who will be putting the UK's first bleeding vegan burger through its paces. This innovative creation is made by Moving Mountains, a company that claims their product not only tastes, smells, feels, and sizzles like a real meat burger but is also completely plant-based. We're eager to see if this bold claim holds water, so let's get started!

We've brought in Evans for his expertise, but we have a little surprise up our sleeve – a blindfolded taste test! That's right; we're going to blindfold Evans and see what he picks up on about the burger. We'll give him no hints or clues whatsoever, just pure, unadulterated flavor experience. Let's get this started!

Ben, turn around, please. Don't worry, it's all part of the fun. James, you're right behind him – turn around too! Evans is still blindfolded, but he seems a bit skeptical. What difference does a blindfold make, anyway? Ah, but that's where the magic happens!

Straight up, and voilà! It's food, folks! Evans has taken his first bite, and... what do we know so far? Well, it's definitely not meat. The thought is that because of its red color, he might think it contains animal products. James thinks it could be cheese, but where's the meatiness?

Take a closer look at the burger – it's got a hollow sound to it, like fresh bread. This tells us it's some sort of burger! Evans mentions something earthy – an earthy flavor that's quite unique for a vegan burger. Now, we need to know what makes this particular burger so special.

We're going to take Evans' blindfold off and give him the full reveal. Let's see how he reacts. Evans has just taken his sight back on, and... wow! It looks like a well-constructed burger with plenty of toppings – dressing, cheese, salad, and that lovely brioche bun. This must be where the magic lies!

The Moving Mountains B12 burger is 100% raw plump meat, but there's a twist – when perfectly cooked, it bleeds through the middle with beetroot juice instead of animal blood! This innovative technique takes veganism to the next level.

Instantly, I'd say this is the best meat substitute I've ever had – at least for James. For Ben, it might not have convinced him yet. Well, we don't hate anything here; we just love everything we taste!

We never get compliments from James, so when he says that Instantly, I'd say it's the best meat substitute I've eaten... we know something special is going on!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enHello.I'm Barry.This is Jamie.And today, we've gotsomething rather provocativefor our chefs to review.Get yourready, because thiscould be a good one.Today's chef review isa little bit different,and it could be spectacular.Today, we are introducingour two chefs, Ben and James,to the UK'S firstbleeding vegan burger.The company behind the burgeris called Moving Mountains.And they make somevery bold claims.So they say that thistastes, smells, feels,and sizzles in the pan, justlike a real meat burger.But it's made completelyfrom plant-based products.This could either be blinding--Or terrible.I hope it's not terrible.Blinding.Let's go for blinding.Yeah, definitely blinding.It's going great.So we need to bring in Evans.But I've got an idea.Let's blindfold him.What?I was going to saywhy, but why not?Blind taste test.Yep.Don't tell him anything.See what he picks up isdifferent about that burgerto anything else.Yeah, perfect.Benny boy, turn around.I don't see whatdifference this makes.I'm still blindfolded.James, turn around.I don't know what's going on.It's the same as usual.You don't know what'sgoing on either.Nope.OK.Straight up.Ta-da!It's food.Thoughts?It's a burger.Put your hands out.That's it.Oh, it's dripping.Oh, he's getting it.There we go.Tap it from underneath.It's got that hollowsound of bread.So it's some sort of burger.Exactly.Lovely.Good.Simply cheese, some not meat.Oh, what makes you think it'snot meat out of interest?Because it's got akind of reddy color.And you guys know I'm not abig fan of meat substitutes.Yep.So here we are.Here we are.Here we are.If I was you, Ben,I'd go in for a bite.Really?Really.Trust us.I'm a bit nervous.What do you think it is?It's a burger.But it hasn't got thefirmness of a cooked burger.It's quite earthy.So let's take yourblindfold off.And before we explainanything, have a look at it.There you go.Now what do you think?It's a good, well-constructedburger with lots of dressingand cheese and saladand a brioche bun.This is the MovingMountains B12 burger.It's 100% raw plump meat.When perfectly cooked,the Moving Mountains B12bleeds through the middlewith beetroot juice insteadof animal blood.It's a bleeding vegan burger.It's very good.Yeah?Instantly, I'd say it's thebest meat substitute I've eaten.Because I don't hate it.Wow.Wow.Wow!We never get complimentsfrom James, so--Not hating something is thenormal person equivalentof, \"This is actuallyreally good.\"That was like a really grumpything to say, wasn't it?I'm trying to be less grumpy.God.Normally-- and I like whatyou've done by removingour senses--normally, you havepreconceptionsbefore you bite into something.Mine was just a fear becauseI don't trust you boys.But actually, once youadd vision back into it,it starts to taste evenmore like a beef burger.You've got mushrooms tomaintain the mouthwatering,succulent texturethat you mentioned.Peas provide asource of protein.Potatoes provide a slightlycrispy, grilled crust.Wheat and soy proteinsgive it a fibrous textureakin to the bite and depthof a traditional burger.Beetroot juiceallows a juicy bleedat the center of the patty.Coconut oil provides thefatty, satisfying consistency.And it's also got vitamin B12in it, which is traditionallyassociated with red meats.And it's been added so thatthe burger can genuinelycompete with a beef burger andprovide essential nutrients.So the patty itselfis vegan, but wehave put it in a brioche bun.And we've added cheese sothat you can realisticallycompare it to atraditional beef burger.It's looks so much like meat.It tastes meaty but not in abeefy way, if that makes sense.It doesn't tastelike a beef burger,but it has a meaty flavor.From a chef's pointof view, we knowthat you'll be looking at thingslike mouth feel, obviouslysmell and taste, andthose kind of thingsthat you wouldexpect from a burger.It's really close.The texture is really good.It's not likeseitan or something.It just doesn't feel likemeat at all in any way for me.It tastes more like cardboard.Whereas this-- itfeels like meat.I feel like you don'tget the same tastefrom like all the fatand stuff that youwould do with a burger.How do you reckon it comparesto the seitan and the jackfruitand the stuff thatwe've tried before.Oh, I don't think they are evera replacement, whereas thisis a direct replacement.Usually, you'd takea meat substituteand just throw it onthe floor, wouldn't you?Well, like seitan, yes.Yeah.100%, yeah.Jackfruit?If it's being usedas pulled pork,yes, I'd throw it on the floor.But this is great.Have you tried this?No, not yet.Not yet.But we're going to.You're going to.We're going to try it as well.You're going to trysome of this one.Yeah.But I'm just goingstraight for the burger.So I went vegan fora month in January.And therefore, I tried lots ofdifferent vegetarian sausages,burgers, that kind of thing.That whips all of them.That tastes almost fatty.Vegetarian sausages--they're quite dry.There's no satisfactionyou get from them.If you think aboutit, the pool is notquite the same as real beef.But it is ridiculously close.There's elements that remindyou of a normal burger.But the flavorprofile is different.But it's not a bad thing.So obviously, thisisn't just meantfor vegetarians and vegansas a meat substitute.But it's more looking toconvert meat eaters whoare looking to reducethe amount of meatthat they eat for health reasonsor for environmental reasons.What do you reckon?Well, there's no doubt weneed to be eating less meator finding more sustainable waysof feeding the world, not evenjust us here in London.So this is out to achievethat, and it does.For health reasons,absolutely, or if you'regoing to a vegetarian restaurantpeople, 100% would eat this.It's delicious.My thing about reducingmeat is I alwayssay, \"Buy super highquality meat less often.\"But if I was given this ina restaurant or something,I'd be really happy.So what do you think of that?Is it somethingwe actually need?Should we be creatingmeat imitations?Or should we be celebratinghigh quality fruit and veg?Let us know what you thinkin the comments down below.It's an important topic.Yep.We will see you in afew days every Wednesdayand every Sunday at 4:00 PM.Goodbye.Goodbye.\n"