Abstract: Whole-cut imitators are disclosed mimicking animal muscles that have a basic structure that is common to most if not all animal species that are consumed for meat. The animal muscle mimics are made from plant proteins and other components that comprise whole-cuts that are in turn comprised of muscle fascicles, which in turn are made of plant-based muscle fibers. The muscles, fascicles and plant-based muscle fibers are bound together by extra-cellular matrix, (ECM), of which there are three kinds, a first ECM that binds plant-based muscle fibers together that is called the endomysium, a second ECM that coats and binds fascicles that is called the perimysium, and a third ECM that coats and binds muscles together that is called the epimysium.