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KFC Beyond Fried Chicken

Marp — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:03:15 GMT

Kentucky Fried Chicken announced on Monday it will become the first fast food company to test a plant-based chicken substitute.

The Beyond Fried Chicken product, developed with Beyond Meat, will debut this week in a limited test in Atlanta, the company said.

"KFC Beyond Fried Chicken is so delicious, our customers will find it difficult to tell that it's plant-based," Kevin Hochman, president and chief concept officer at KFC, said in a statement.

"I think we've all heard 'it tastes like chicken' – well our customers are going to be amazed and say, 'it tastes like Kentucky Fried Chicken!'"

Beyond Meat has partnered with multiple fast food chains, including Carls Jr. and Del Taco, to provide plant-based meat options.

The company went public earlier this year with a strong performance in the stock market.

"KFC is an iconic part of American culture and a brand that I, like so many consumers, grew up with," Beyond Meat founder and CEO Ethan Brown said.

"To be able to bring Beyond Fried Chicken, in all of its KFC-inspired deliciousness to market, speaks to our collective ability to meet the consumer where they are and accompany them on their journey. My only regret is not being able to see the legendary Colonel himself enjoy this important moment."

The move from KFC comes shortly after Burger King launched its own meatless meal, introducing the "Impossible Whopper" nationwide earlier this month.

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sidsmom — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:05:22 GMT

Boy, like it or not....the Plant Based Revolution has arrived!

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Kachina624 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:12:34 GMT

Current fad; it'll pass.

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mimomof4 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:17:42 GMT

While I'm not against plant based products often purchasing those items in the grocery store myself - Are they cooking these items in the same vat that chicken is cooked in? At that point it defeats the purpose in a way.

In all honesty if I go to KFC I go for chicken not a plant based product.

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rms1954 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:18:17 GMT

Saw the Burger King commercials doing that too with the Whopper. I'll take my chances with real chicken and beef.

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Trinity11 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:18:37 GMT

KFC chicken is awful tasting to begin with but fake Frankenfood chicken tops it all.

If someone is a plant based dieter than wouldn’t eating chemically enhanced fake chicken be a turn-off? Isn’t any kind of meat a real turn off? I fear for the long term effects this will have on our youth years from now. Michael Pollan got it right when he wrote about eating natural food without it be doctored up with grease and chemicals from a lab. Easy pass for our family.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:19:58 GMT

One of the reasons I eat vegetarian is because I dislike the taste of fish,fowl or beast.

I dislike it when someone says some tastes "just like meat".

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Pqfan — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:28:16 GMT

Why do people that don’t eat meat look for something that tastes like meat?🤣

If I were a vegan I wouldn’t want anything to do with fake meat.

That’s just me.

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Bri369 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:31:59 GMT

Either I'm going to eat real chicken or no chicken at all.

I am not interested in something resembling something I won't or don't eat. That doesn't make sense to me.

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kitcat51 — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:38:12 GMT

What a dumb idea...gross.

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Love my grandkids — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:39:25 GMT

I only eat REAL meat and REAL chicken. Zero interest in the other stuff! Someone else can have my share. Doesn't appeal to me a-tall!

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bikerbabe — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:47:00 GMT

KFC is gross. 🤢

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Grouchomarx — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:53:26 GMT

Morningstar farms makes some fake chicken products, they’re not bad. When I had a cat, she would sniff it but never take a bite, she knew that stuff was not legit!

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cherry — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:55:27 GMT

Blech anyone that wants it ,can have my share

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dex — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:09:13 GMT

@sidsmom wrote:
Boy, like it or not....the Plant Based Revolution has arrived!

It looks to me that it will end up be a lot less healthy than past diets.Why make the choice to eat a mystery meat.

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Lucky Charm — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:14:32 GMT

@Pqfan wrote:
Why do people that don’t eat meat look for something that tastes like meat?🤣

If I were a vegan I wouldn’t want anything to do with fake meat.

That’s just me.

Believe me---I do not crave meat or fish or chicken or eggs or cheese AT ALL!

Never needed to look for substitutes--I'm perfectly happy with each and every tasty meal I make.

Some things I eat do remind me those foods.

Take for instance today, I'm making a red lentil soup with ******ake mushrooms. The mushrooms sometimes seem like strips of beef (like for a stew) and I actually get almost a queazy feeling and have to remind myself it's not meat.

Same for hummus, reminds me of a dip that you would use for potato chips depending on what brand I buy.

I've never tried to make something to *replicate* a meat or cheese or anything like that.

I had and Impossible Burger because someone kept telling me how good they were and one of my favorite restaurants actually had it on the menu--so I tried it.

I loved it. I've ordered it there several times. Unfortunately it's at a restaurant that is 100 miles away from me, but when I visit my sister, we usually go there. And I'll order it again. And again.

Sure, people are grossed out about something that was created in a lab. Not me.

I'm grossed out about something that was birthed or laid.

But, that's just me.

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Still Raining — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:17:46 GMT

Any bets on if this frankenfood is cheaper to extrude?

There is less and less choice in eating out or at the grocery. Basically just laundry soap and head to the farmer’s market. The added fats, sugars and salt are killing us.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:42:33 GMT

Sorry but I don't want any. I want the real chicken. LOL!!!

My mom used to make chicken fried steak. I always complained about it being fake steak that I did not want. I wanted top sirloin. LOL!!! I do like chicken fried steak now but only it once or twice per year.

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sidsmom — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:54:53 GMT

@Lucky Charm wrote:
@Pqfan wrote:
Why do people that don’t eat meat look for something that tastes like meat?🤣

If I were a vegan I wouldn’t want anything to do with fake meat.

That’s just me.

I'm grossed out about something that was birthed or laid.
But, that's just me.

@Lucky Charm

💛🌼

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CelticCrafter — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:25:04 GMT

More fake food!