![]() ![]() In November, McDonald's started testing its Beyond Meat McPlant Burger at eight restaurants. A few months later, Burger King announced that it was testing Impossible Nuggets in Des Moines, Iowa, Boston, and Miami after rolling out the Impossible Whopper nationwide in 2019 and the Impossible Croissan'wich sandwich in 2020. This past summer, Wendy's briefly tested a new Spicy Black Bean Burger in Columbus, Ohio, Pittsburgh, and Jacksonville, Florida. The plant-based movement gained momentum throughout 2021 among major quick-service players. “We are truly thrilled to make it available to consumers nationwide.” “We couldn’t be prouder to partner with KFC to offer a best-in-class product that not only delivers the delicious experience consumers expect from this iconic chain, but also provides the added benefits of plant-based meat,” Beyond Meat founder and CEO Ethan Brown said in a statement. Instead, the menu item targets flexitarians, or those that lean toward a vegetarian diet, but still eat meat. Like most meat alternatives in the quick-service space, KFC's plant-based chicken is not prepared in a vegan/vegetarian manner since it shares equipment with regular chicken products. Prices vary based on location, but will start at $6.99. “And now over two years later we can say, ‘mission accomplished.’”The Beyond Fried Chicken will be available in either six or 12 pieces a la carte or as a combo with fries and a drink and honey barbecue, ranch, honey mustard, and KFC dipping sauces. President Kevin Hochman said in a statement. “The mission from day one was simple – make the world-famous Kentucky Fried Chicken from plants,” KFC U.S. Then in early 2020, the product was piloted in more than 70 locations in Charlotte, Nashville, and Southern California. The fast-food giant initially tested the Beyond Meat product in August 2019 at an Atlanta restaurant, and the meatless item sold out in less than five hours. All rights reserved.KFC will add plant-based chicken to menus nationwide Monday for a limited time, becoming the first national chain to do so, the restaurant said. ™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. Popeyes also launched chicken nugget versions of its sandwich.īurger King is also launching Ghost Pepper Chicken Nuggets (made with real chicken) for a limited time, the chain said Wednesday. Earlier this year, KFC, McDonald's and Burger King, which shares a parent company with Popeyes, introduced new chicken sandwiches or made improvements to existing ones. On the heels of the wildly successful launch of Popeyes spicy chicken sandwich in 2019, the chain's rivals have been launching newversions of their own products. Chains have also been leaning into their real chicken offerings. With plant-based options, food sellers have been appealing to flexitarian eaters looking to reduce their meat intake for health or environmental reasons.īut new menu additions haven't been limited to meatless options. And notably, McDonald's has announced the launch of a McPlant line of plant-based items, including a McPlant burger. Since then, other chains have experimented with plant-based options. ![]() ![]() Plant-based burgers and sausage hit big fast food restaurants with the launch of Burger King's Impossible Whopper and the Beyond breakfast sandwich at Dunkin' in 2019. Kevin Hochman, US president of KFC, told Bloomberg in a September interview that "our plan is to try to replicate that Kentucky Fried Chicken as close as we can, obviously without using the animal," without sharing details of when or where that might happen. KFC also tested out a plant-based chicken option with Beyond last summer, and has done smaller tests in the past. ![]() The product will be prepared in oil used for meat and cheese products, Burger King noted, so they may not be suitable for strict vegans.Įarlier this year, Panda Express started testing out a meatless orange chicken dish made with Beyond Meat's plant-based chicken. Impossible launched its nuggets in grocery stores, smaller chains and independent restaurants this summer. While Burger King is following other fast-food companies in testing out a plant-based chicken option, the test runs makes Burger King the first major fast food chain restaurant to do so using Impossible's product. Starting on October 11, Burger King restaurants in Des Moines, Iowa, Boston, Massachusetts and Miami, Florida will serve eight-piece plant-based nuggets made by Impossible Foods for a limited time. (CNN) - Two years after launching the Impossible Whopper, Burger King is testing out Impossible nuggets. ![]()
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