Comment by owenpalmer

> fast-food or ultraprocessed food are the cheapest way to get a meat-based meal

Are you sure? Let's take the example of the McDonald's Big Mac which is $6.72 [0]

The between the 2 patties, the sandwich contains 25g of protein (not grass fed beef) per sandwich. It's fair to assume the majority of the cost of the ingredients of a burger is the meat. The rest is pretty cheap because you only need a small quantity of it to complete the meal.

Here are prices of Costco grass fed beef patties: [1]

15 patties for $36.31 Each patty contains 26 grams of protein, which is more protein than both patties of the Big Mac combined.

cost per patty = $36.31/15 = $2.42

cost of Big Mac = $6.72

That doesn't even come close to the majority of the cost of the Big Mac. I could do a full analysis of each ingredient, but I think it's clear from this data that fast food is not significantly cheaper, especially considering that the Costco patties are higher quality.

Edit: formatting, and also burgers are super fast and easy to cook at home.

[0] https://www.mac-menus.com/big-mac/ [1] https://sameday.costco.com/store/costco/products/20021199-ki...