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SAN JUAN Unilever said today it had expanded its partnership with Burger King to supply its plant-based meat patties for Whopper burgers at restaurants in the Caribbean, Latin America and China.
The product, which will be called the “Plant-based Whopper” on menus, is made using patties from Vegetarian Butcher, a company Unilever acquired in 2019.
The deal is an expansion of the Dove soap to Hellmann’s mayonnaise maker’s partnership with the fast-food chain that started last year with the launch of the Rebel Whopper burger in Europe, Burger King’s biggest ever product launch in the region.
Burger King sells several meat-free versions of its popular Whopper burger, including one from Impossible Meats in the United States.
Updated / Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020
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Unilever expands its partnership with Burger King to supply its plant-based meat patties in Latin America, the Caribbean and China
Unilever said today it had expanded its partnership with Burger King to supply its plant-based meat patties for Whopper burgers at restaurants in Latin America, the Caribbean and China.
The product, which will be called the Plant-based Whopper on menus, is made using patties from Vegetarian Butcher, a company Unilever acquired in 2019.
The deal is an expansion of the Dove soap to Hellmann s mayonnaise maker s partnership with the fast-food chain that started last year with the launch of the Rebel Whopper burger in Europe.
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Today, Burger King will add the Plant-Based Whopper to 325 locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou across China. The new meatless burger is made with a vegan patty supplied by Dutch brand The Vegetarian Butcher which was acquired by consumer goods company Unilever in 2019. The Vegetarian Butcher CEO Hugo Verkuil told
Reuters that the brand plans to expand its plant-based patty to 1,300 additional Burger King locations in China in the first quarter of 2021.
Plant-based Whoppers go global
In August 2019, Burger King first launched the Impossible Whopper made with an Impossible Burger plant-based patty at all of its locations across the United States. Since then, different versions of meatless Whoppers have made their way onto menus across the world, including the Rebel Whopper in Brazil (which features a plant-based patty produced by Marfrig Global Foods SA the world’s largest producer of animal-based hamburgers); the Rebel Whopper in Sweden (where the pa
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This month, multinational fast-food chain Burger King added the Plant-Based Whopper to select locations across Japan for a limited time. The new burger is made with a soy-based patty (made by Australian vegan brand v2food) along with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, ketchup, mayonnaise, and is served on a toasted sesame seed bun. “Burger King is proud to announce the launch of the Plant-Based Whopper, a 100 percent plant-based patty with a smoky, savory flavor created by its unique ‘open flame’ method,” a press release announcing the launch states. “Burger King has spent nearly two years developing a burger with a 100 percent plant-based patty. Now, we are proud to present the Plant-Based Whopper.”
https://www.hangthecensors.com/466922.html (Natural News) As more Americans become conscious of what they eat, fast food chains across the U.S. have started to roll out healthy options in their menu. Taco Bell did that recently by including a vegetarian menu board and introducing two new vegetarian selections. However, these new meatless additions may seem healthful at first glance – they are, after all, vegetarian – but nutritionists said that these are still full of fat, calories and sodium.
Vegetarian options not as healthy as it seems
In 2019, Taco Bell debuted two new offerings: the “Black Bean Crunchwrap Supreme,” which contains 510 calories and consists of black beans, nacho cheese sauce, tomatoes, reduced-fat sour cream and lettuce; and the “Black Bean Quesarito,” which contains 630 calories and consists of black beans, reduced-fat sour cream, cheese, nacho cheese sauce, chipotle sauce and seasoned rice.