Yes, and I can make a vegan burger from lentils, onion, garlic and a touch of finely chopped jalapino, herbs etc.

The comparison here is shop-bought burgers or those you would buy in a burger restaurant, which WILL have salt and likely more than a Beyond burger.

You absolutely need salt for a good burger. It is fundamental seasoning in every savoury dish at every restaurant (fast or fine) for a reason.

Maybe awesome to you, but many people will find that exact same construction more flavorful if salt is added

You absolutely need salt for a good burger, and just about any meat. Almost anything, really. Salt is not optional. Beef tastes less like beef without salt.

I remember working in a restaurant many years ago, where it was part of new hire training to demonstrate the importance of salt and pepper to a burger's taste. We would make 3 burgers, one no seasoning, one poorly seasoned, and one properly seasoned to the spec, and then we would taste test them all. The difference in taste was so night and day I was shocked the first time I participated in the test. Yeah I guess you don't technically need salt and spices, but not adding them or using just a pinch is not the same thing at all.

Let me assure you that you're in the vast minority if you add little or no salt at all to your home-made burger patties.

You are comparing a prepared product to a raw ingredient. Raw beef is pretty boring which is why every single restaurant add some combination of salt, pepper, mayo, ketchup, mustard, oil, butter, gochujang, etc to make it into food. If you want to convince the world to eat unseasoned beef and onion burgers be my guest but you have a tougher hill to climb than the vegetarians. Eat what makes you happy, but maybe acknowledge it's not actual cooking.

I think that's rather uncommon. The closest I've seen is someone smashing down some ground beef then putting salt and pepper on it before cooking.

soy?

Beef is a bunch of ingredients mixed together by a a cow.

In my opinion, there are two options for each group:

Meat: 1. Those who buy from butcher (health conscious) 2. Those who buy packaged products from supermarket.

Vegan: 1. Those who make homemade plant-based alternatives (eg.lentil burgers) 2. Those who buy Beyond burgers from supermarket.

Hence I think most people are trying to compare apples to oranges, which is not the correct comparison to make when weighing up each type.

I've eaten maybe 5 burgers at home in my 35 years but I've eaten plenty more at fast food restaurants.