Meati’s 2023 Good Energy Report

Info nuggets to power up your positivity as we head into 2024, and some fun facts about who’s buying which meati products when.

The end of 2023 is heading our way faster than a speeding Pilobolus crystallinus, and we wanted to share some rays of positivity from a tumultuous year to help you fuel up for all that’s in store in 2024.

This inaugural Good Energy Report will give you a rundown of fun facts about meati™ goodies and nuggets of info sunshine to brighten your todays and tomorrows.

If this is making you hungry, track down a meati-stocked store near you at meati.com/find.

Enjoy this quick Good Energy® break and see you next year!

👑 King of the Mycelium

Most popular individual products ordered via meati.com/shop:

Classic Steak
Jerky Trio
Crispy Bites
Classic Cutlet
Carne Asada Steak
Crispy Cutlet
Garlic & Pepper Steak (just released)
Spicy Crispy Cutlet (just released)
Italian Seasoned Cutlet (just released)

🏆 Golden State(s)

5 states ordering the most from meati.com/shop:

California
New York
Colorado
Florida
Texas

Every ❤️ Counts

5 states or territories ordering the least from meati.com/shop:

Guam
Wyoming
South Dakota
Delaware
Hawaii

🐥 Early Brunchy Birds Get the Good Energy

Most popular times of day to order from meati.com/shop:

10 a.m. MT
11 a.m. MT
1 p.m. MT
12 p.m. MT
3 p.m. MT

🌜 What Is Happening at 5 a.m.!?

Least popular times of day to order from meati.com/shop:

1 a.m. MT
2 a.m. MT
3 a.m. MT
4 a.m. MT
10 p.m. MT

💪 We’re All Working Very Hard on Monday. Mmm-hmm.

Most popular days to order from meati.com/shop:

Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Sunday
Saturday

Thank you all for keeping us going with all that Good Energy, but enough about us! Let’s get to the links you’re going to want to drop in your group chats.

🌎 Becoming Kinder to the Planet

“Air-zapping lasers made fertilizer almost 40 times more efficiently than conventional methods.” View↗
“Certain salt-loving microorganisms could eat seaweed and produce biodegradable plastics in a sustainable fashion.” View↗
“Microbes have the ability to nullify some of the planet’s most noxious toxins, cleansing entire landscapes in the process.” View↗
“Researchers from Qatar University and Jordan’s Hussein Technical University have found a way to double the power produced from a type of solar tower.” View↗
“Researchers from the University of Birmingham have developed an innovative method for existing furnaces that could reduce steelmaking’s CO2 emission by nearly 90%.” View↗
“Electrocaloric material makes solid-state fridge scalable.” View↗
“Researchers have engineered microbes to produce carbon-based chemicals that are used as a feedstock to make fuels, drugs and industrial chemical products.” View↗
“Researchers have found a way to engineer rapeseed to make its bitter byproducts easier on the taste buds, opening up new avenues for its use—perhaps even as a replacement for imported commodities like soy in animal and human diets whose production endangers global forests.” View↗
“A tiny device generates electricity from the air’s humidity, and it can be made from nearly any substance.” View↗
“Synthetic fats made from only water and air could be environmentally transformative.” View↗

🍄 Fungi Bringing the Fun

“Architects are using thread-like strands of fungi to build biodegradable and renewable building materials which can be used in construction and manufacturing.” View↗
“Attract help from forest dwellers to remove dewdrops from your field” in Mycelia, a board game. View↗
“The fungal tree of life.” View↗
“To protect forests, sequester carbon, and produce protein, consider mushrooms on trees.” View↗
“Underneath the ground, intricate fungal networks are working together with plants to absorb massive amounts of carbon — equivalent to more than a third of the world’s annual fossil fuel emissions, according to a new study.” View↗

🤔 In Case You Don’t Believe Us

“[Mycelium] is meat-free, nutritious and doesn’t require the stabilizers used in many vegan products. The brand Meati sells [mycelium] nuggets, steaks, cutlets and jerky, but expect to see it in applications like deli meat, pork, gnocchi and even bread in the future,” writes Today. View↗
“Tasty burgers and steaks made of mycelium are new healthy food alternative to plant-based meats,” states Good News Network. View↗
“Meati’s delicious and nutrient-rich [mycelium] provides a juicy, tender, and animal-free whole protein jerky perfect for snacking on the go or on the couch,” says Food & Beverage Magazine. View↗
“Meati is so meaty it’s hard to tell it’s vegan,” says UnchainedTV. View↗
Make It Dairy Free reviews meati (YouTube). View↗
Chef Joya taste tests a meati steak (YouTube). View↗
Sauce Stache says, “This vegan steak is a game changer!” (YouTube, 2022 ;-)). View↗

👀 We Couldn’t Resist

“Mario and Luigi were shaking their booties. Nearby, in front of a drugstore, the Jim Carrey character The Mask and the anime fighter Naruto danced in sync. And then, at a gas station, a Brazilian children’s character named Fofão backflipped off a wall. This is Brazil’s Hurricane Truck of Happiness.” View↗
“23 untranslatable words to help you work smarter.” View↗
“Anderson said she wanted emojis for organisms such as aquatic fungi as reflections of increased public awareness and indicators of their ecological value. ‘Having an emoji signals that an organism is valued or somehow important enough to be part of daily conversation.'” View↗
“Introducing the mycelium computer: a biocomputer using fungi to process information.” View↗
“If half of U.S. animal-based food was replaced with plant-based substitutes by 2030, the reduction in emissions for that year would be the equivalent of taking 47.5 million vehicles off the road.” View↗