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Burger King Grilled by Vegan Over Impossible Burger "Meat Contamination"

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday November 19 2019, @12:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the at-least-it's-not-bugs dept.

takyon writes:

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

Related: Inside the Strange Science of the Fake Meat that 'Bleeds'
FDA Approves Impossible Burger "Heme" Ingredient; Still Wants to Regulate "Cultured Meat"
Following IPO of Beyond Meat, Tyson Foods Plans Launch of its Own Meatless Products
Impossible Burger Lands in Some California Grocery Stores

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by EvilSS on Tuesday November 19 2019, @04:43PM (1 child)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 19 2019, @04:43PM (#921983)
    BK doesn't grill their burgers on a flat grill like McDonald's, they use a "flame broiler" which works like the pizza ovens used by the big pizza chains. Burgers get put on a conveyor and sent through the unit. Raw burger goes in one side, cooked burger comes out the other. They would need a separate broiler for the vegan patties to keep them 100% separated from any "meat byproducts". I'm guessing the "separate cooking process" mentioned is probably cooking them on a clean flat grill or clamshell broiler. But then you would loose the signature flame broiled "flavor" BK is known for.
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @08:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 19 2019, @08:30PM (#922072)

    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.