I got this idea a couple of years ago. I know my French is probably way off, but faux viande translates loosely to “fake meat” (think of faux fur, etc.). As I’ve said before, I am in many ways vegetarian in principle, but meat eater in practice. But I figured for those people who are really vegan, or even just for those who want a change of pace, faux viande might be the way to go.
What is faux viande? It is a soy (or other)-based meat substitute that has absolutely no resemblance to real meat. Up until now, I’ve noticed, meat substitutes are made to imitate real meat: fake beef, fake pork and the like. But faux viande resembles nothing that has heretofore existed under the sun. And get this: I imagine each of these fake meats have fancy French names, descriptive of what they taste, etc. like no doubt.
If I or anyone put my plan to market, I don’t know if it would do too well. After all, a couple of years back, someone did mass market a vegetarian patty (I forget its name) with disasterous results IIRC. So clearly, my faux viande would have to be marketed very carefully. I think it would either have to appeal to something everyone wants (like to have a healthy substitute for meat). Or it would have to be marketed to a very serious, loyal, subgroup of vegans and vegetarians, that somehow keep my company afloat with their diehard loyalty to my product.
Seriously though, unless someone else (with $$) wants to market my idea, I have no plans of doing anything with it. But I would like hearing other people’s feelings on my product idea. Anyone know someone with alot of money 
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