insert_link Food & Drink Burger King’s Impossible Whopper Launches Nationwide this Month Burger King is bringing its vegan Impossible Whopper nationwide, starting Aug. 8. The nation’s second-largest burger chain began testing the plant-based burger from Impossible Foods at locations in St. Louis in April. Those Burger King locations saw traffic outperform national averages by 18.5% that month, according to a report from inMarket. McDonald’s, the largest burger chain in the U.S., has yet to offer a plant-based burger in its home market. […] todayAugust 6, 2019
insert_link Health & Wellness Sure They’re Plant-Based, But Are Beyond and Impossible Burgers Healthy, Too? Just in time for summer grilling season, the faux-meat burger craze is getting meatier. Earlier this month, plant-based meat products purveyor Beyond Meat introduced an update to their flagship meat-free product, the Beyond Burger. This “now even meatier” version promises three improvements over their first burger, which hit store shelves in 2016. First, it has more “marbling,” a nod to the natural fat layers of ground beef that account for […] todayJuly 9, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink 6 Plant-Based Food Alternatives for Your Next Summer BBQ Summer brings many opportunities to light a grill and cook up a bounty of juicy meats, corn on the cob, and potatoes for a backyard barbecue. But as more Americans are embracing a plant-based way of eating, traditional BBQ foods are shifting. In fact, a survey from Nielsen found that more than one-third — 39 percent — of Americans say they are actively trying to eat more plant-based foods. “We […] todayJuly 8, 2019
insert_link Food & Drink Beyond Meat’s Success May Usher In a Whole New Industry The Beyond Meat company recently stated its sales tripled this quarter in its very first earnings report. The company also said it expects to break even this year. Its shares have taken off substantially since IPO even before the surprisingly good earnings report. Beyond Meat makes, well, fake meat: the Beyond Burger. So too does Impossible Foods, its major rival (they make the Impossible Burger). Arguably there’s an appetite […] todayJune 27, 2019
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