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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.
Previously: Meatless "Beyond Burgers" Come to Fast Food Restaurants
Burger King Adds Impossible Vegan Burger To Menu
Plant-Based "Impossible Burger" Coming to Every Burger King Location
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(Score: 1) by oumuamua on Tuesday November 19 2019, @03:53PM (5 children)
complete turn around from 2000
https://www.genolve.com/design/socialmedia/memes/veggie-burger-2019 [genolve.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Tuesday November 19 2019, @05:19PM (4 children)
How about "There's lots of different people, and they don't all have the same opinion about anything.".
You're responding as if "vegan" were a unified whole. It's probably less unified than "soylent news poster".
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2, Troll) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday November 19 2019, @06:32PM (3 children)
Yes, but that's the key takeaway from lunatics: they're fucking crazy idealogues. You can never please a vegan or have a normal conversation with one, even, because they will always bend every topic around to their dietary idiosyncrasies; I once lost 45 minutes of my life to a vegan who delved into excruciating detail about why she will only eat peanut butter made from peanuts grown in one special valley in Peru.
The only thing worse than that is finding yourself trapped at a party with more than one vegan doing the same thing, who round on each other and wind up throwing glasses of wine because one's a strict fruititarian who abhors the base exploitation of regular vegans who enslave plants to do their bidding, because, um, it's been, like, scientifically *proven* that plants can feel pain. So...
My advice? If you ever meet one, back away slowly.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @09:43PM (1 child)
Watch out for bacon worshipers too.
I mean, bacon is good food, but people developing an entire cult around it is silly.
Also I can't imagine you getting out of your house long enough to actually meet someone with a differing opinion to you.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 20 2019, @01:47AM
You blaspheme the holy name of Lord Bacon! Burn him!
I live in Brooklyn, New York. I casually run into more people with differing opinions than mine when I walk to the top of my block than you have likely ever encountered in your life.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @10:40PM
And if you don't know how to spot one, don't worry they'll tell you!