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General Category => Bacon, BBQ, Beef, And More => Topic started by: Fansome on April 01, 2019, 1600 UTC

Title: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Post by: Fansome on April 01, 2019, 1600 UTC
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/technology/burger-king-impossible-whopper.html

Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’

Burger King is introducing a Whopper made with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods. The deal is a big step toward the mainstream for start-ups trying to mimic and replace meat.

By Nathaniel Popper

April 1, 2019

OAKLAND, Calif. — Would you like that Whopper with or without beef?

This week, Burger King is introducing a version of its iconic Whopper sandwich filled with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods.

The Impossible Whopper, as it will be known, is the biggest validation — and expansion opportunity — for a young industry that is looking to mimic and replace meat with plant-based alternatives.

Impossible Foods and its competitors in Silicon Valley have already had some mainstream success. The vegetarian burger made by Beyond Meat has been available at over a thousand Carl’s Jr. restaurants since January and the company is now moving toward an initial public offering.

White Castle has sold a slider version of the Impossible burger in its 380 or so stores since late last year.

But a national rollout at Burger King’s 7,200 locations would dwarf those previous announcements and more than double the total number of locations where Impossible’s burgers are available.
Title: Re: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on April 01, 2019, 1606 UTC
More industrially manufactured food. 
Title: Re: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Post by: Pigmeat on April 02, 2019, 0306 UTC
Get back in that yurt and have Belinda fix you some "Horse Helper", Al.  You're posting nonsense. Beefless Whoppers.... What's next, penguin nuggets?
Title: Re: Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’
Post by: Fansome on April 02, 2019, 0630 UTC
Reminds me of the old joke:

Q: Ever smelled mothballs?
A: Yes. Why do you ask?
Q: How'd you ever get their little legs apart?

Get back in that yurt and have Belinda fix you some "Horse Helper", Al.  You're posting nonsense. Beefless Whoppers.... What's next, penguin nuggets?