The new recommendations, released Wednesday by the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture, are focused on health, but they also have implications for the climate. Beef is responsible for 20 times more greenhouse gas emissions per gram of protein than beans, peas and lentils.

Nutritional guidelines released on Wednesday by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the USDA emphasize “real food” that is high in saturated fat, departing from decades

The Trump administration has unveiled a new food pyramid that puts meat and cheese at the top, alongside fruits and vegetables, and calls for fewer highly processed foods.

Make no misteak — this is an unsavory obsession. Florida tattoo shop owner Wendy Marshall is so fond of raw meat that she scarfs 2 pounds of it daily. Ground chuck, cold cuts, whole roasts, porterhouses, the bloodier the better — Marshall devours it all.

Over the last 12 months, Beyond Meat ( BYND +2.46%) stock has cratered by around 77%. With a market cap of $400 million and a recent share price of just $0.77, it is firmly in penny stock territory -- a far cry from its peak of around $235 reached in 2019.

“While it’s relatively easy to grow animal cells for mass food production you need to be able to grow them on something cheap, edible and that preferably provides a structure that resembles real meat,” study co-author and UCL medical researcher Richard Day explained in a statement.

Meat Moot, a global restaurant brand with roots in Turkey, has opened in southwest Houston, combining Texas-style offset smoking with Middle Eastern flavors in a halal, communal dining experience.

The fundamental weakness of the business is one of the primary reasons the company has fallen into penny stock land. The other big reason is that Beyond Meat has yet to turn a full-year profit. It's essentially a money-losing start-up with a struggling core business. All but the most aggressive investors should probably steer clear of Beyond Meat.