August 22, 2019 — Whole Foods Market’s co-founder and co-CEO John Mackey – who has been a devoted vegan for more than 20 years, adhering to a diet of 15 fruits and vegetables a day – expressed some reservations about the booming plant-based “meat” market in a recent interview with CNBC Make It.
According to Mackey, the health benefits of plant-based meat alternatives seems suspect considering the amount of processed ingredients at play.