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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(Score: 2) by ilsa on Tuesday November 19 2019, @03:34PM (2 children)
I would have thought that as long as you clean the grill, or keep a designated space for the veggie patties, that would have been sufficient.
Not only that, it seems odd that this person is targeting only BK. Literally any and every restaurant of all kinds, unless explicitly designed to be vegan, is going to have to somehow share the grill with meat. Either that, or the veggie patties need to be precooked, shipped, and then microwaved or steamed or something.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by EvilSS on Tuesday November 19 2019, @04:43PM (1 child)
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @08:30PM
having worked at BK, the stuff on the chain the meat is on as it goes through he broiler doesn't really accumulate anything on it except carbon and ash. perhaps the one part that does is the bit that gets the cooked product off the chain after the cooked product is coming out of the fire. that fucker is an absolute pain in the ass to clean. and the expectation of course is down to the shiny stainless steel.
the burnt on crust is bad, but what is worse are the layers of not-quite carbonized fats/oils on that and the other interior pieces of the broiler.