From the article “Though the taste of the average plant-based product “is meaningfully behind” the animal version, one notable non-nugget exception was a blended burger.”

They aren’t saying that plant-based foods are tastier than meat ones. Only that there’s more of a desire for them from people because of them being plant-based.

It literally says that the only thing that people didn’t completely think was inferior to meat was something blended with meat lol… Besides some nuggets, apparently.