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Burger King Adds Impossible Vegan Burger To Menu

posted by martyb on Saturday April 06 2019, @09:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the Tastes-like-real-meat-dept dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

After a vegan cheeseburger crashed and burned Burger King has successfully rolled out a true alternative to meat burgers for vegans working with Impossible Foods to make the vegan Impossible Burger. First thought to be an April Fools joke, the Impossible Burger is now on the menu at St. Louis with one carnivore inclined customer saying that he would not have known that it was plant-based.

Finally, the last barrier to mankind heading for the stars has been reached.

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  • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Saturday April 06 2019, @10:06PM (5 children)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 06 2019, @10:06PM (#825521) Journal

    100% Beef is in no way a requirement I have. But 100% veggie has been very hard to make meat-like for any reasonable cost.

    I was kinda sad when the fast food industry started chewing each other up over being 100% Beef :-\

    This is

    cooked on a surface shared with conventional meat.

    I'm not opposed, but that's gonna freak out the true believers.

    If successful, it may be rolled out across the chain’s more than 7000 locations in the US later this year.

    Here's hoping.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @11:49PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 06 2019, @11:49PM (#825551)

    But 100% veggie has been very hard to make meat-like for any reasonable cost.

    These burgers cost $1 more than the meet paddy burgers.

    • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:59AM

      by Immerman (3985) on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:59AM (#825632)

      Which is actually quite reasonable. There have been fairly meaty experimental plant-based burgers in the past, but they've often cost well over $10 per patty to make.

      Being able to brew plant-based "blood" (aka "meat flavor") like it's beer has really been a huge advance towards making economical pseudo-meat.

  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:54AM

    by Immerman (3985) on Sunday April 07 2019, @03:54AM (#825630)

    Agreed - a good blend of "fillers" can actually make for a much more satisfying sandwich. I'm a big fan of fat juicy grilled meatloaf patties myself.

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday April 07 2019, @06:20AM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday April 07 2019, @06:20AM (#825675) Homepage

    Yes, eat bug protein, cows will be forbidden in the new Socialist Paradise!

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @09:47AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 07 2019, @09:47AM (#825705)

      I would have never guessed that Burger King was a socialist plot.