Lawsuit claims Burger King's Impossible Whoppers are contaminated by meat
Burger King was sued on Monday by a vegan customer who accused the fast-food chain of contaminating its meatless "Impossible" Whoppers by cooking them on the same grills as its traditional meat burgers.
In a proposed class action, Phillip Williams said he bought an Impossible Whopper, a plant-based alternative to Burger King's regular Whopper, at an Atlanta drive-through, and would not have paid a premium price had he known the cooking would leave it "coated in meat by-products."
The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court seeks damages for all U.S. purchasers of the Impossible Whopper, and an injunction requiring Burger King to "plainly disclose" that Impossible Whoppers and regular burgers are cooked on the same grills.
[...] Its website describes the Impossible Burger as "100% Whopper, 0% Beef," and adds that "for guests looking for a meat-free option, a non-broiler method of preparation is available upon request."
Also at Boing Boing.
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Plant-Based "Impossible Burger" Coming to Every Burger King Location
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @02:00PM (5 children)
I guess I figured that the things would go through the same broiler (as they only had that, the friers and the microwave to cook with).
I guess I never considered that other people wouldn't know...
That said, Corporate had lawyers that should have known.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @06:40PM (1 child)
Amusing...
You think lawyers, especially those that Corporate employ, would know anything about what goes on at the business end of a BK?
As to the story, I say this as a vegetarian, the vegan freakazoid behind this who expected a non/un-meat product to remain uncontaminated by any traces of meat at, what is primarily a place of business devoted to the preparation and sale of meat based produce, is either a fucking moron, or a chancer on the make (or both).
FFS!, I very rarely eat out, when I do, it's at places which I know do not handle *any* meat/fish/dairy (even though I'm not a vegan) produce, cross-contamination being the devious bitch that she is and all that (in my case, a bitch leading to anaphylaxis if my old twin nemeses chicken and eggs get in on the act..).
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday November 19 2019, @07:22PM
Tom Cruise worked his way through law school waiting tables, I saw it! [wikipedia.org]
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by arslan on Tuesday November 19 2019, @09:35PM
Lawyers don't eat at Burger King mate... they eat cash.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday November 19 2019, @09:36PM
I am fairly sure the menu at the drive through at the BK I tried an impossible whopper at said this explicitly, and that you could request a different preparation. Or perhaps the person at the drive-through asked me. I said normal is fine, though it still took extra long to prepare.
Burger tasted the same as every other thing I have had from BK. Thoroughly meh, but it is BK, what do you expect?
Also, got a random onion right with my order of fries, so at least that is standard for BK.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 20 2019, @09:36AM
For people whom it matters, such as those who are gluten free, they know. For the crazy people who are doing it because of the fad or because of misplaced belief it's better for the planet they won't know and will become outraged when you question their preconceived notions and expectations.