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Burger King Germany makes plant-based meals cheaper than meat

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Burger King Germany Makes Plant-Based Meals Cheaper Than Meat

Burger King Germany has reduced the price of all plant-based meals by 10 cents, making them cheaper than the chain’s meat-based options. The change is part of a “Plant-based for Everyone” campaign, which aims to encourage consumers to try meat-free food and emphasise the variety of flavours on offer. Burger King says it has received very positive feedback for its plant-based range and is seeing increased demand. The chain will also be introducing a new flower-shaped patty for its plant-based beef-style burgers, developed in collaboration with The Vegetarian Butcher. This will allow for easy visual differentiation between plant-based and conventional beef options. It comes after Burger King developed a new breading with parsley sprinkles to clearly distinguish its plant-based chicken patties and nuggets from meat. …

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Burger King has launched a plant-based restaurant in Puerto Rico.

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Burger King Launches 15th Plant-Based Restaurant Powered by The Vegetarian Butcher in Puerto Rico

Article update 15 Nov: The Vegetarian Butcher informs us that this location does serve a “limited amount of eggs and dairy,” and as such consumers must be conscious of this if visiting the restaurant. Burger King has launched its 15th plant-based restaurant, powered by The Vegetarian Butcher: “La Casa Veggie,” in Puerto Rico.  Using the motto, “Try the green side of flavor,” the new store in Plaza Trujillo Alto offers customers a “full veggie experience,” including plant-based versions of Burger King classics such as Whopper, Long Chicken Sandwich, Nuggets, and other options, such as salads and wraps, all made with The Vegetarian Butcher’s products.  Simultaneously, Burger King has launched its veggie options on the regular menus in all of its Puerto Rico locations. “The taste …

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Burger King to offer discounted Vegan Royale burgers

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Burger King UK to Offer Discounted Vegan Royale Burgers Every Monday

Burger King UK is now offering its chicken-style Vegan Royale burger at a discounted price of £2.99 on Mondays, with the aim of encouraging more customers to try plant-based options. It comes after a poll commissioned by the chain in collaboration with The Vegetarian Butcher found that 73% of meat-eaters wouldn’t choose a plant-based menu option, with 48% saying they don’t believe plant-based meat tastes as good as animal meat. However, 31% said they would be more likely to choose a plant-based dish if they knew it tasted as good as the conventional option, while 38% said better value for money would make them more likely to order plant-based food. Plant-based game show To address the idea that plant-based options don’t taste as good, Burger …

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BK Germany Spongebob Meal Deal

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Germany: Burger King Launches Plant-Based SpongeBob Inspired Bikini Bottom Burger

Inspired by cartoon character SpongeBob (whose home is called Bikini Bottom in the popular series), Burger King Germany launches the Bikini Bottom Burger with vegetable patty and pineapple sauce, available in a standard size or junior deal for kids. The “patty is not a meat alternative … just without meat,” notes BK. Burger King, the pioneer in meat-free burgers in Germany, now offers customers another plant-based alternative, and instead of imitating the taste of beef, chicken, or fish, the fast food chain has developed a new vegetable patty product. It consists of salsify, beets, other vegetables, and herbs, is tender on the inside but firm to the bite in consistency and crispy on the outside, according to the chain. In the Bikini Bottom Burger, the …

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Burger King Germany: “One in Five Whoppers is Now Sold With a Plant-Based Patty”

Among the major global fast-food chains, Burger King stands out for its efforts to offer a wide range of plant-based products. In 2021, the company committed to making 50% of its menu plant-based by 2030, and said it would drop some meat products from the menu. Since then, Burger King Germany has become particularly notable for offering a meat-free version of every item on the menu, stating that it intends to become a plant-based pioneer. In 2021, the chain opened the world’s first plant-based Burger King restaurant in Cologne, starting a trend that would spread worldwide. Klaus Schmaeing, Chief Marketing Officer at Burger King Germany, told us more about the chain’s work to promote plant-based options and its plans for the future. Burger King Germany …

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Former Burger King Chef Michael Salem Launches Recreate Foods to Revolutionize Plant-Based Chicken

Chef Michael Salem, the former head of culinary innovation at Burger King, announces the launch of Recreate Foods – a venture-backed, plant-based food company that specializes in chef-made chicken alternatives made to deliver better flavor than big-name competitors and conventional chicken. At Burger King, Salem played a pivotal role in bringing the Impossible Whopper to the chain’s menu, and was inspired to develop Recreate products while working on recipes for Kevin Hart’s vegan fast food chain, Hart House.  Speaking to vegconomist today, Salem states: “After 25 years as a chef and leading menu strategy and innovation for notable restaurant chains across the U.S., I was instantly amazed by the flavor of Recreate Foods’ plant-based chicken alternative. During my plant-based journey from Burger King to Hart …

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Burger King Opens Plant-Forward Popup in Barcelona, Says it Sold 30M Meat-Free Products in 2022

One Burger King location at the Westfield Glories shopping center in Barcelona becomes a plant-forward popup for the month of May, for the ‘Westfield Good Festival’, an event organized by the mall to celebrate Earth Month. From last Thursday (May 4th) until the end of the month, the fast food giant has converted the space with decorations for Earth Month and will be offering the widest range of meat-free options, entailing vegan and vegetarian products, available thus far in Barcelona. The company claims that throughout 2022, it sold nearly 30 million meat-free products. At the Barcelona location, consumers can purchase plantbased versions of the new Cheesy Doritos, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger BBQ, and Chicken Wrap, as well as The King Huevo, Cheese Bacon XXL and Steakhouse, along …

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Burger King Colombia launches NotCo-powered Veggie Whopper, King Veggie, and Nuggets Veggie

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Burger King Colombia Launches NotCo-Powered Veggie Menu

Chilean plant-based company NotCo announces a partnership with Burger King Colombia to offer flexitarians a veggie menu and continue the expansion of the plant-based movement across LATAM. Using the slogan “We declare ourselves Flexitarians!”, the fast food chain has added three new items made with NotCo’s plant-based meat and chicken: Veggie Whopper (previously served with The Vegetarian Butcher’s burger patty), King Veggie, and Nuggets Veggie. The new options are promoted as 100% plant-based, but it’s yet to be specified if the bread and sauces are vegan.  “Hey, burger lovers from Colombia! We’re feeling like royalty with the new veggie line from Burger King that joins the plant-based movement. More and more people believe that removing animals from the equation is the answer for a more sustainable yet equally delicious …

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Burger King Opens Meat-Free Popups in Three Nordic Cities

Burger King has opened three meat-free popup restaurants in the cities of Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Customers in the Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish capitals can now choose from a range of offerings made using The Vegetarian Butcher’s plant-based meat — including meat-free versions of classic options such as the Whopper and Chicken Royale. Some sauces containing eggs and dairy are still available, but customers can ask for these to be omitted to make their orders fully vegan. “By opening a restaurant that only serves plant-based and meat-free alternatives, we get a good opportunity to test products that are not yet part of our traditional menu for our further product development and innovation within the plant-based segment,” said Carsten Lambrecht, country manager for Burger King Denmark. …

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Burger King Says to McDonald’s: “Better Late Than Beef” in Cheeky Campaign

McDonald’s recently announced the Germany-wide launch of its new vegan McPlant Nuggets and McPlant Burger. As a plant-based pioneer in the German fast food industry, Burger King has now “welcomed” its competitor to the plant-based family as part of a social media marketing campaign. With two advertising trucks emblazoned with tongue-in-cheek slogans, BK makes a cheeky comment on the smaller offering from Mcdonald’s in comparison to its much larger plant-based range. One truck reads “Hello you two (referring to the McDonald’s plant-based nuggets and burger) – welcome to the family!”, while the other reads “Better late than beef”. “We think it’s great that McDonald’s is now offering plant-based products – albeit on a small scale. This allows even more people to try plant-based fast food. …

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Burger King Develops New Breading to Visually Differentiate Plant-Based Products

Burger King Germany launches the Plant-based Long Chicken Cheddar Style in collaboration with Violife, and has developed a new breading to visually differentiate plant-based products from their animal counterparts. All plant-based chicken patties and plant-based nuggets from Burger King are now offered with newly developed breading with green parsley sprinkles in order to differ in appearance from the breading used for animal meat products. Vegconomist will contact BK to ascertain whether this will be rolled out internationally. Separate fryer Burger King says that employees and guests can now easily identify the plant-based products directly at first glance due to the new parsley coating co-developed by Burger King and The Vegetarian Butcher. The chain says the plant-based products are also cooked in a deep fryer used …

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Burger King UK Partners With Violife & La Vie for Plant-Based Bakon King Range

Burger King UK is celebrating Veganuary with a new plant-based Bakon King range, featuring La Vie’s bacon alternative and Violife’s vegan cheese. From January 4, customers will be able to enjoy vegan versions of all three of the chain’s meat-based Bacon King options. These are the original Bacon King (available in both single and double varieties) and the Chicken Royale Bacon King. The vegan burgers are made with patties produced by The Vegetarian Butcher. They are topped with egg-free mayo and ketchup, along with the plant-based bacon and cheese. “Diverse and innovative range” French plant-based bacon producer La Vie is fast becoming an established partner of Burger King. In 2022, the brand successfully campaigned to be included in Burger King France’s Veggie Steakhouse burger, and …

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La Vie’s Vegan Bacon to Become Permanent Option in Burger King Across the UK

La Vie™ announces it has sealed an exclusive partnership with Burger King UK. The award-winning vegan bacon will roll out across the country from 4th January, to coincide with Veganuary, following massive success at BK’s meat-free popups in Bristol and London this year. The announcement concludes a phenomenal year for the French company, having been named ‘Best Plant-Based Bacon in the UK’ at the Plant Based World Expo last month for the second consecutive year as well as ‘Best Vegan Bacon’ at the PETA UK Vegan Food Awards. La Vie states today that the partnership is part of an ongoing deal to support the chain’s plans to become 50% plant-based by 2030 in the UK. Rollout to help accelerate shift from animal meat Chief Marketing …

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Dirty Vegan Nuggets

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Burger King UK Launches Dirty Vegan Nuggets for World Vegan Day

Burger King is marking World Vegan Day by launching a new plant-based option — Dirty Vegan Nuggets — in the UK. Made in collaboration with The Vegetarian Butcher, the soy-based nuggets are a limited-edition version of the popular vegan nuggets launched by the chain at the beginning of the year. They come topped with barbecue sauce and crispy onions. To buy the nuggets, customers will need a code that can only be found on the Burger King app. The menu item will be available both in-store and via click-and-collect from November 1-6. It can also be ordered from Deliveroo. Plant-based by Burger King UK Burger King has been expanding its vegan options worldwide as it aims to become 50% plant-based by 2030. The chain’s UK …

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burger king israel plant-based whopper burger

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Burger King Israel Launches Plant-Based Whopper and Nuggets Developed by Meat.The End

Burger King Israel recently launched a plant-based Whopper and vegan chicken nuggets, developed by food tech Israeli startup, Meat. The End, especially for the fast food chain. Last Monday, the Whopper and nuggets debuted as part of a one-week trial at a Burger King restaurant pop-up in Tel Aviv. After the pilot, the items will appear on menus at nine franchise-owned stores by next month, according to Burger King Israel. Strategic move Keren Kupermintz, vice president of marketing, trade and business development at Delek Israel and Burger King, said: “The launch of the plant-based category at Burger King Israel is a strategic move since, in our opinion, a large audience is looking for meat alternatives — not only vegans, but also those who reduce meat …

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Bristol Burger King goes plant-based

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Bristol Burger King Outlet to Become 100% Plant-Based for Two Weeks

A Bristol Burger King restaurant is set to go fully plant-based for two weeks from October 26 to November 6. The restaurant, based at the Mall in Cribbs Causeway, will offer vegan versions of 24 classic Burger King offerings. These will include the new Bakon King — made with La Vie’s plant-based bacon — along with Chilli Cheeeze Bites, nuggets, and the Vegan Royale. To celebrate, the restaurant will be giving away 100 of the latter on its opening day. This marks the second time Burger King has opened a plant-based popup in the UK, after a successful trial in London’s Leicester Square earlier this year. Burger King goes plant-based Burger King has repeatedly stated its intention to make 50% of its menu plant-based by …

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Burger King Costa Rica

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Burger King Reveals Plant-Based Pop-Up in Costa Rica

Burger King announces the continuation of its meat-free pop-ups in various international markets, with its newest plant-based pop-up opening today in San Jose, Costa Rica. Following its other similar ventures, the new location is operating in partnership with The Vegetarian Butcher. The news follows the chain’s first LAC pop-up in Santiago, Chile, and the San Jose is expected to be well received, as “Costa Rica is one of the best-performing plant-based markets in LAC for Burger King®, based on sales of the Veggie Whopper” according to BK. The San Jose menu will include the Veggie Nuggets, the Veggie Whopper®, and the Veggie King, a menu exclusively made of plant-based products. When asked as to whether the products are vegan-friendly, vegconomist was told: “While we can’t …

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Impossible Chicken Patties Launch at Retailers US-Wide, Will Feature in New Burger King Sandwich

Impossible Foods has announced the launch of its Impossible Chicken Patties, said to taste and cook just like conventional chicken. The launch follows the success of Impossible Chicken Nuggets, which proved three times more popular than the leading animal-based nugget in a blind taste test. The patties share the same taste, texture, and crispy coating as the nuggets, as well as a similar nutritional profile — they contain 10g of protein per serving and 50% less saturated fat than the leading meat-based chicken patty brand. Impossible Chicken patties are sold fully cooked and can be heated up in the oven, air fryer, or microwave. They are said to use 49% less land, 44% less water, and generate 36% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than animal chicken …

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Burger King States Intention to Be Meat-Free Pioneer, Offers Veggie Version of Every Product Across Germany

Burger King says it wants to be a pioneer in the trend toward meat-free eating. In its 750 German branches, the company has been offering a vegetarian counterpart for all beef burgers and for almost every other meat dish since this week. “We want to give our guests a choice and expect this to go very well,” says marketing boss Klaus Schmäing in Munich. Vegetable proteins based on soy, peas or other crops, are widely expected to become critical within the food industry in the coming years. In a recent international survey by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Blue Horizon, for example, three-quarters of the 3700 respondents said they thought alternative proteins were healthier than meat. “This is no longer a niche market, as …

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“Normal or With Meat?”: All Burger King Items Are Plant-Based in Austrian Experiment, Meat Must be Requested

Just shortly after the news that one in three Burger King burgers sold in Belgium is meat-free, and in some locations even one in two, BK reveals that from now on, almost the entire Burger King range, including the popular classics, will be served on a plant-based basis in Austria. The fast-food giant has already demonstrated what the future could look like in an experiment in a restaurant in Vienna’s Margaretengürtel, where plant-based products became the new normal. Those who ordered without expressing a special request for “meat” received a veggie burger. And those who wanted to eat the popular meat dishes had to say so explicitly. Normal or with meat? Since 12th July, the campaign slogan “Normal or with meat?” can be read throughout …

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