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Quorn Meat-Free Frozen Products $3.10- $3.50 (50% off) @ Coles

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Quorn Meat-Free Frozen Products $3.10- $3.50 (50% off) @ Coles
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ripsnorter on 02/11/2017 - 10:11 shop.coles.com.au (683 clicks)
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Quorn meat-free products are half price again at Coles; time to stack up the freezer. Kudos to doweyy for leading me to find this.

Product range varies from store to store. The Coles full catalogue can be found here.

$3.10:
Garlic & Herb Fillets 200g; Gluten Free Sausages 300g; Mince 300g; Cheese and Spinach Schnitzels 240g; Vegan Schnitzels 200g; Sausage Rolls 300g

$3.12:
Meat Free Soy Free Pieces 300g

$3.50:
Vegan Fillets 252g; Vegan Fishless Fingers 200g; Vegan Hot Style Burger 264g; Vegan Nuggets 285g

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  • SupeNintendoChalmers on 02/11/2017 - 10:36
    +7

    ,,

    • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:53
      +6

      agreed.

  • mathew42 on 02/11/2017 - 10:37

    I suggest changing the title to "Quorn Fungus" or Quorn Vegetarian to avoid misleading those of us who were hoping for meat from around the township of Quorn.

    Rather than using livestock, we take a natural nutritious fungus from the soil and ferment it to produce a dough called Mycoprotein™. Source

    • jv on 02/11/2017 - 11:20
      +3

      I suggest changing the title to "Quorn Fungus"

      lol…

      • mathew42 on 02/11/2017 - 12:39
        +3

        I like mushrooms.

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:41
          -2

          You must be a fun guy mathew

        • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 14:15

          I do too but this is made from mould.

        • Cyphar on 02/11/2017 - 14:56

          @jv: Thanks dad!

    • gannon on 02/11/2017 - 11:33
      +16

      Myth busted: "The concerns about the estrogen-like activities of soy have caused some to worry that soy products could decrease a man's testosterone, but clinical studies don't support this fear. There are at least two reports of men who have experienced feminizing changes in their bodies (one of whom had Type 1 diabetes) after consuming high doses of soy, but even at higher-than-average rates of consumption — higher even than what's typical among Asian cultures — science has found no evidence to caution men against eating soy. In fact, men may even benefit from some dietary soy, as it seems to decrease prostate cancer risk."

      Fully referenced to studies at the source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/soy-myths_n_5571272

      • jv on 02/11/2017 - 11:52
        -2

        The Huffington Post is hardly a credible science journal though.

        I'll play it safe and keep eating baby animals.

        • gannon on 02/11/2017 - 12:09
          +6

          You can keep doing that, just know the research! Huffpost article links to all the scientific studies :)

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:15
          -6

          @gannon:

          Huffpost article links to all the scientific studies

          Only those that support whatever propoganda they are trying to dish out this time…

          If you think that is a credible news site, look at the links to their other stories below…

        • pneumatic on 02/11/2017 - 12:23
          +8

          @jv:
          That's not a valid form of debating though, otherwise both sides can just say "your research doesn't count because of who said it" and we end up at a stalemate. i.e we can attack the studies themselves, but we can't attack them simply on the basis of who is publishing them.

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:36
          +5

          @pneumatic:

          we can't attack them simply on the basis of who is publishing them.

          We can when you are quoting the article text in the publication, rather than the study directly…

        • Diji1 on 02/11/2017 - 12:46

          @pneumatic: >can attack the studies themselves, but we can't attack them simply on the basis of who is publishing them.

          What are you talking about dude?

          You are saying this publication says this and they link to studies. Well it's normal behaviour for HuffPo to mislead people about studies because they only care about how many people visit a page because of advertising.

          Why not just link to the study then? Because you didn't read it.

          So rather than looking at actual studies you are saying "here's this publication with track record of lying saying something".

        • pneumatic on 02/11/2017 - 12:48
          +2

          @jv:
          I still think you're better off attacking the studies themselves, because it's possible for a news publication to gradually push an agenda over a very long period of time, where if people don't read the studies to make sure each gradual step in their narrative agrees with what the studies are saying, then people can get lulled into just taking their word for it that the studies show what the article is claiming.

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:52

          @pneumatic:

          I still think you're better off attacking the studies themselves,

          possibly, but I'm limited by the amount of time I have available for each thread…

        • pneumatic on 02/11/2017 - 13:01
          +1

          @jv:
          I also don't have the time and/or knowledge to read/understand all the studies, so for now I'm still on the fence as to whether it's safe to eat soy every day. I was surprised to read the claim that soy is a "complete protein" that contains all the essential amino acids as I was previously under the impression that it wasn't, so if I get time to read any of the studies that will be the first one I'll look at. I personally ate half my daily protein requirement in soy for ~18 months and at times I felt like it was having an effect on my baseline feeling of wellbeing (difficult to put into words exactly how). However I've also tested positive for vitamin D deficiency so it may have been related to that (or possibly a combination both).

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 13:04
          +2

          @pneumatic:

          I also don't have the time and/or knowledge to read/understand all the studies

          So blindly believing what the Huffington Post says doesn't make much sense.

        • ripsnorter on 03/11/2017 - 13:43
          +1

          I'll play it safe and keep eating baby animals.

          What a surprise, jv trolling and commenting on a deal he has no interest in and trying to trigger vegos. Nice try.

      • slipperypete on 02/11/2017 - 12:06
        +9

        Thanks for that post. Has all links to the research too.

        Been put off eating too much soy because of what I heard so this is good news….will have to look for another reason to justify my manboobs now

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:37

          Has all links to the research too.

          Actually, there are also studies that show different results, but the reporter decided to omit those.

        • slipperypete on 02/11/2017 - 13:20
          +4

          @jv:

          Can you post a link to one?

          I did a quick search and most of it seems dated. From what I could find there are no studies that show a solid link. Happy to be proven wrong as I only did a fairly quick search but up to date research proves inconclusive….in other words if there is a link then it isn't worth worrying about considering the crud we put in our bodies anyway!!!

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 13:42
          -3

          @slipperypete:

          it isn't worth worrying about considering the crud we put in our bodies

          Some people prefer not to take the risk though.

    • GordonR on 02/11/2017 - 11:39
      +17

      Also, this bargain contains no soy…

    • try2bhelpful on 02/11/2017 - 12:02
      +1

      Maybe not so much it is ok for women as well.

      https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soybean-fertility…

  • Gdsamp on 02/11/2017 - 12:12
    +1

    The vegan nuggets aren't terrible, and at least they're not made of the same ground up chicken bones as chicken nuggets.

    • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:17
      +4

      The vegan nuggets aren't terrible

      You Sir need to join their marketing team !!!

      • pcox on 02/11/2017 - 14:49

        I've had some pretty ghastly chicken nuggets in my time - check the frozen food section next to the crumbed fish. So for vegan food to aspire to be on par, minus the chook sacrifice, isn't such a high bar!

        Supermarket vegan food is somewhat hit and miss. Vegie burgers are often yum, I eat tofu and falafel.

        But the last sausages I tried were revolting. Half price allows us meat-eaters to experiment.

  • Elision on 02/11/2017 - 12:33
    +2

    I really like their cheese and spinach snitzels, i'm not a vegetarian but I still buy them and enjoy them. I have heard from some of my vege/vegan friends that their mince is quite good for bolognese etc.

    • ripsnorter on 02/11/2017 - 12:36
      +3

      I always stock up on the Mince and the Pieces as staples for meals. I use the Mince for bolognese and tacos and I've served it to people before who didn't even recognise they weren't eating meat.

      I find the Pieces and Fillets to be great substitutes for anything you'd normally use chicken in.

      • mathew42 on 02/11/2017 - 12:41

        I find skippy is really tasty in bolognese. Plenty of skippy around Quorn.

      • typhoonadventure on 02/11/2017 - 17:16

        They would have recognized and tried to be polite.

        • ripsnorter on 03/11/2017 - 13:18

          Not in this case. I often serve Quorn products to friends and in this case the remarks were along the lines "I forgot this wasn't meat".

          Cooked Quorn Mince versus beef mince has a noticeable difference in appearance but once you mix it through a decent bolognese it's easy to forget the difference.

  • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2017 - 12:47
    -3

    No meat, no deal.

    • jv on 02/11/2017 - 12:50

      https://goo.gl/ZasByu

      • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2017 - 13:11

        I was thinking it was going to be Ron Swanson.

        • jv on 02/11/2017 - 13:27
          +2

          lol…… classic.

  • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2017 - 13:12

    I am reading the comments for the same reason people go to a zoo.

    https://youtu.be/SL_azA78Hi0

  • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2017 - 13:14
    +1

    JV is like an Australian version of Ron Swanson. I love Ron Swanson.

    I want to start a JV appreciation society.

    [Deactivated] on 02/11/2017 - 13:14 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • camel on 02/11/2017 - 13:40
    +1

    Most of their stuff isn't bad but their mince…. DON'T…. Just…. DON'T. My girlfriend who doesn't like killing animals would rather have one killed than eat the mess they call meat free mince.

    • Catsfan070911 on 02/11/2017 - 17:05
      +3

      Interesting, individual preferences and all that. I've only ever heard positive reviews of it, meat eaters and otherwise alike. I quite enjoy it myself, so I guess the more left sitting on the shelves for fools like me the better :P

  • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 14:17

    The best thing about Quorn is that because it's made from mould, you don't have to worry about it getting mouldy.

    In fact, I don't think I'd be inviting any member of the Fusarium family to dinner.

    • Catsfan070911 on 02/11/2017 - 17:06

      Can confirm risk, have eaten Quorn products and am dead.

      • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 17:27
        +2

        Most people are fine but I have a couple of friends that have a nasty reaction to this (eg. violent vomiting). I guess some people have a mould allergy but don't know it because they don't generally eat a lot of mould:

        https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12743577

        They also changed their labelling after this class action suit:

        https://www.fooddive.com/news/quorn-foods-settles-lawsuit-ov…

        • Catsfan070911 on 03/11/2017 - 09:32
          +1

          I have to admit, I was aware of this as I vaguely remember reading something where someone was stating that they had vomited after eating a product. Interesting how some can handle and some cannot. I don't know anybody personally who has any ill effects after eating Quorn. Thanks for the links and information. The law suit makes sense in terms of consumer law but I have to admit I did laugh at the thought (my own crazy thoughts) that Quorn might change their name to 'BAG O' MOLD' or 'Mold Nuggets'.

  • kamoy on 02/11/2017 - 17:13
    +3

    killing animals and digesting muscle tissue seems so wrong , these alternatives to killing warm blooded animals it's quite tasty and good alternative to soy products

  • typhoonadventure on 02/11/2017 - 17:19

    Can't we get some vegans here without the propaganda?

    You don't eat meat, cool, you do you.

    Being a vegan does not come with a card to police others.

    • Cluster on 02/11/2017 - 17:38

      Vegans almost automatically display virtue signaling. It comes with the territory. It's like people who follow paleo diets, or buy everything 'organic'. They can't help but mention it.

      • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2017 - 17:43

        Just like cross fitters they are always telling you about it.

      • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 18:02
        +5

        A serious question - do you think there's a chance that they just want to stop animals being killed unnecessarily and that's why they're speaking up? Have you tried being vegan - I have and failed. It's bloody difficult and I find it hard to believe that most would choose such an onerous lifestyle just to feel superior. I really think they care about animals and they just want to stop them being killed when you can be perfectly healthy without doing that.

        • [Deactivated] on 02/11/2017 - 18:08

          Yes this is exactly it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvdf6e8birI

        • typhoonadventure on 02/11/2017 - 18:23

          if you are going vegan for ethics issues, good on you, health issues good on you.

          But doing it under the guise of justice….. over ethics… poor form, it comes down to where you draw the line, your very existence automatically cancels out any argument about most arguments and just goes along the "yuck" route.

          Sadly, the packaging, cultivation and so on of vegan products still contribute to the very things that most vegans are against. So if you want to be a vegan based upon your ethics, good on you, or health, but to state doing it to save animals?

          Not really a valid argument as just your existence let alone manufacturing a lot of the things used to plant based diets still cause a ton of environmental impact along the lines of farming for animals.

          I'd love to see lab grown meat hit the shelves and remove animals from any suffering for meat but we are not there yet, we're still at a point of destroying habitat for tree products, oils and so on, and tofu staple of many vegies is an extremely energy intensive food product that is not as environmentally sustainable and still results in habitat and environmental offsets.

          Instead of tearing each other down over food choices, put the energy into future research which can help end this, we've already created lab grown meat, we're inventing new methods of farming and cultivation that have lower environmental impact.

          Like it or not bugs are also becoming a very sustainable source due to how much we have damaged the eco system so far to a point where we have had species over adapt, if you ever watched jeremy wade's river monsters you see the evidence of this already where herbivores have turned carnivorous due to environmental impact.

          So again, theres no need for a battle or to enforce your beliefs or ethics onto others, put the energy into aiding research to create better future options.

        • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 19:14
          +6

          @typhoonadventure:

          Not really a valid argument as just your existence let alone manufacturing a lot of the things used to plant based diets still cause a ton of environmental impact along the lines of farming for animals.

          Your arguments are a bit bizarre. Of course, you're going to use resources just by being alive. Of course, packaging requires resources. But a plant-based diet uses far less resources. It's undeniable. Even simple physics tell you it's true. You can either eat the plants yourself or feed a cow many, many times that amount in plant material, thousands of litres of water over it's lifetime, and then have it wander around using energy it's whole life. You can clear an acre for a crop, or many more acres for grazing. Then you might clear another acre anyway to grow a crop to feed the animal.

          You can't get to the zero resources but you can use a fraction of them. And of course you're saving animals. Literally hundreds of millions of them.

        • typhoonadventure on 02/11/2017 - 19:31

          @dazweeja: You're actually not though, believe it or not this was covered by Robert Webb and David Mitchell extremely well.

          If we convinced humanity to stop eating meat or using animal products, we would have no reason to preserve the animals who create them.

        • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 21:34
          +6

          @typhoonadventure:

          Literally no-one thinks that saving animals means that there'd be millions of sheep and cows running around. There'd be far less animals killed because they wouldn't be bred in the first place. That is exactly how you save hundreds of millions of animals from being killed - by stopping the cycle of breeding/killing. The point is to remove cruelty from the world. I think there'd still be a tiny fraction kept as pets - pigs in particular make good pets - but they'd be insignificant compared to the numbers now.

        • Bloblaw on 02/11/2017 - 22:50
          +3

          @typhoonadventure:

          @typhoonadventure,

          Singer eat your heart out, Webb and Mitchell are here with a comedy sketch :)

          As others have since pointed out, it's about reducing suffering, and that's why it's worse for some species than others. E.g. caged animals vs free-range like some cows. Webb and Mitchell's argument is a joke, unless you're anti abortion etc too? Same thing, arguing that life itself is always better than no life, regardless of how shit.

          No individual chicken cares or even has the capacity to know how close to extinction their species is.

          Btw,
          https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/oct/16/hugh-f… - by Mitchell's now wife. I'm sure the views expressed in this article are closer to his thoughts these days. Just posting in case there are any Mitchell fans here who really care what he thinks when it comes to issues like this.

          Edit. In typical noob fashion, I replied to the wrong person. Trying to fix here.

        • Tyrx on 02/11/2017 - 23:04

          @dazweeja:

          But a plant-based diet uses far less resources. It's undeniable.

          You are significantly underestimating the complexity of the environmental impact of agriculture. There are plant products that are not environmentally friendly when compared to meat products, and vice-versa. For example, Lettuce on a per-calorie basis emits three-times more greenhouse gas emissions than bacon.

          It's a fairly complex relationship, and I remember reading one study that stated vegan diets were less efficient (environmental wise)than a properly balanced omnivore diet. In the short term people need to stop eating so much meat though - it's not okay to eat 150g of meat every night…

          You can clear an acre for a crop, or many more acres for grazing

          Arable land is not created equally. Growing many crops that are staples in the vegan diet require access to high quality fertile land, while animals have evolved to be able to graze on land that can't be used for cultivation.

        • [Deactivated] on 03/11/2017 - 02:33
          +4

          People don't want to confront the issues vegans and vegetarians raise so they have concocted this completely ridiculous stereotype of vegans and vegetarians being these fanatical evangelists who harass people about their meat consumption.

          They would have you believe that the first thing out of a vegan's mouth after telling you their name is their dietary choices. Of all the vegans and vegetarian I know literally none of them told me. I learnt it incidentally.

          Considering the poor dietary choices and rampant obesity we are seeing in the West more people should consider adopting a diet based on plants.

        • typhoonadventure on 03/11/2017 - 17:19
          -1

          @Juddy: Actually they shouldn't, the issue we're facing is more crap in food which is causing the obesity.

          Ask many dietitians and doctors with peer reviewed research that points to high salt and sugar content in items causing obesity.

          Plenty of vegan items cause these issues.

          Again we've come full circle on this :

          People respect your ethical issues that you don't want something to perish for nourishment, everyone gets that.

          Saying you have to police others because of it this and rub it in their face and confront them with articles that get constantly destroyed and framing it as a conspiracy hurts your system.

          This is where the stereotypes come from, again, you want to go your own way for ethics or the ick factor or health reasons, awesome go for it.

          But don't make others miserable for your choices.

        • [Deactivated] on 03/11/2017 - 17:23
          +3

          @typhoonadventure:

          Who's policing anyone? You are doing exactly what I am talking about: creating a stereotype that positions vegetarians and vegans as fanatics who "police" other peoples' diets. They don't. Quit your bullshit.

        • typhoonadventure on 03/11/2017 - 17:48
          -1

          @Juddy: Interesting, so you are automatically suggesting i'm a meat eater……. who is creating stereotypes now and who is calling who's reasoning bullshit?

    • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 17:58
      +5

      It's fine to say live and let live when it's something private like sexuality or personal religious beliefs but when you feel that innocent creatures are being harmed/killed and it's unnecessary, that's when it's time to speak up and try to make it stop. I don't see it as policing - they are not holding a gun to your head - I see it as asking those that eat meat to be aware of the consequences of their actions. I'm not a vegan myself but I respect those that are and I totally see where they're coming from.

      • typhoonadventure on 02/11/2017 - 20:12

        I see where they are coming from as well but a lot of the time it is a necessity.

        I've watched people from PETA telling poor families, hey your horrible people, you can barely afford to get by, but hey to get all your health requirements you should shun meant despite the fact you can't replicate a healthy diet for yourselves on your income.

        Guilting people and telling them to go kill themselves. Everyone needs to understand where their food comes from, this is a good thing, anyone who eats meat should understand and respect that a creature gave their lives for them to find nourishment, people who hunt just to kill, well those are sicko's no disagreeing there.

        Don't like to eat meat? cool, don't like creatures being killed for meat?, well sorry, there is no way around that at this point in time and that is a fact, does this mean we should shun people and make them feel guilty over it? no.

        Time to speak up and make it stop?….. admire your passion but its fruitless at this point in time, there is no suitable replacement, i'm sure you saw a viral post a while ago about a vegan who forced their dog onto a vegan diet as well, dogs need meat in their diet, no if's and or buts about it, many humans are the same, my partner is not the biggest fan of meat, because of a medical condition she's on iron tablets and needs to eat meat to stay healthy.

        Are we going to condemn her for that?

        • dazweeja on 02/11/2017 - 22:12
          +4

          PETA are crazy. They don't represent anyone but themselves.

          And I don't have a problem with people eating meat out of necessity. Inuits for example, or your partner. If a family needs to eat their goat to survive, I won't condemn them for it.

          But that's just talking around the margins. What about the people who have the option not to eat meat? Probably around 99% of Australians for example. Saying there is no way around it at this point in time just isn't true in most cases. We don't live in a perfect world but that doesn't mean we couldn't eliminate the vast majority of meat production if we chose.

    • ripsnorter on 03/11/2017 - 14:04
      +3

      Can't we get some vegans here without the propaganda? You don't eat meat, cool, you do you.

      (Re. vegans): They can't help but mention it.

      I find these comments interesting given it has been the non-vegetarians and people not interested in this deal or Quorn products who still find it necessary to comment on the deal and let the whole world know that they eat meat:

      I'll play it safe and keep eating baby animals.
      No meat, no deal.
      I find skippy is really tasty in bolognese. Plenty of skippy around Quorn.

      Not sure if these comments are trolling or just indicators of people who feel uncomfortable and threatened by people who don't eat meat like they do even though it doesn't impact them at all, in the same way some people feel threatened by same sex marriage.

      • typhoonadventure on 03/11/2017 - 18:30

        it's funny hey, you decide to not eat meat and you eat vegan friendly options and you don't take it with the police card and many can't take it.

        Why I love the latest lamb commercial they did about bringing people together, not a lot of people want to do that.

  • Heracles26 on 02/11/2017 - 18:23
    +6

    Thanks, never tried any of their products but they look good!

    • fez on 02/11/2017 - 21:48
      +4

      Nuggets are good

      • Bloblaw on 02/11/2017 - 22:13
        +4

        Just tried the fish fingers. Not bad at all.

    • johneliot1978 on 02/11/2017 - 23:21
      +2

      Give 'em a whirl, they are great :)

  • Reveen on 03/11/2017 - 02:40

    Tastes like chicken?

  • dins on 03/11/2017 - 22:21
    +2

    Cheers OP might give this stuff a go. After seeing a few vids recently on how these poor animals are treated and slaughtered I'm trying to cut down on meat and dairy. Given up milk eating free range chicken and eggs, fish and cheese atm. Dairy is probably worse than meat production going to be tough to give up cheese but I'm trying.

  • zappa on 06/11/2017 - 21:20

    "Cowspiracy" on Netflix is a great documentary for anyone interested in delving a little deeper.

    ps, fyi - the mince contains egg so that product is not vegan.

    cheers

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