Talk:Textured vegetable protein

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[edit] Gluten

Why the See Also to gluten? Gluten is a byproduct of wheat flour prouction which is used to make a meat substitute called seitan. Textured vegetable protein is intentionally made out of extracted proteins from varied vegetables, mostly brown rice and soybeans. Although they are both meat substitutes, they have no connection. Mabye See Also's for vegan/vegetarian, mock-meat, or meat substitute? DryGrain 08:34, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

As a vegeterian, I find the fact that they are both meat substitutes to be more than enough of a reason to put in See Also. Many of the visitors to this article will be interested in meat substiutes.

~~I agree that there needs to be a stated reason for the "See Also." I came to the TVP article from the Gluten article while researching a gluten-free diet, so I inferred there may be gluten in TVP. The article of course cleared that up, but the confusing re-direction remains.

How about one to Soylent Green too? ;) (sorry, just kidding, everybody needs a laugh now and then...)Hatchetfish 03:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

"Although they are both meat substitutes, they have no connection." Obviously, they are related -- you just pointed out how! "See also" is for things with an interesting relationship/context. They don't have to be the same. They could be "compare and contrast" opposites! Please keep the Gluten link. 69.87.193.21 18:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TVP hard on digestive system?

i've always heard that TVP is hard to digest and causes lots of gas - among other problems. can anyone verify this and/or add some relevant info to the article?

In general, major diet changes may take some time to adjust to. 69.87.193.21 18:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TVP easy to digest!

I eat a LOT of TVP; I do not have more than the normal amount of gas, and I did not go through an adjustment period either, despite rather abruptly starting to eat a lot of it. I know that the process of making TVP removes essentially ALL of the indigestible sugars that are what make soy beans so bad, so I would not expect there to be a problem. I certainly have not had any problem whatsoever.