Impossible Foods sues startup Motif Foodworks over meatless burger patent

Reuters – Meatless burger maker Impossible Foods is suing competitor Motif Foodworks, accusing the startup of copying its technology for imitating the taste of real meat. The U.S. lawsuit, filed in Delaware Federal Court, said Motif, a spinoff of biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks infringes an Impossible Foods patent by using the protein molecule heme in

Burger King’s soy- and potato-based Impossible Whopper entered the Ontario market effective March 22, 2021. (CNW Group/Burger King)

Burger King rolls out plant-based Impossible Burger in Canada

Nationwide launch of soy- and potato-based burger set for mid-April

The Canadian arm of quick-service chain Burger King has made its move into the Canadian plant-based burger market, working with U.S. processor Impossible Foods. Burger King, a U.S.-headquartered brand of Toronto-based Restaurant Brands International (RBI) since 2014, said Monday it becomes “the first quick-service restaurant in Canada to put the award-winning, plant-based Impossible Foods patty


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Starbucks plans plant-based breakfast sandwich

Reuters — Starbucks Corp. said Tuesday it would introduce a breakfast sandwich this year with a plant-based patty in Canada and the United States. The coffee chain said last week it aims to add more plant-based food and drinks to its menu as part of the company’s latest plan to become more environmentally friendly. A

Beyond Meat signage featured on a screen during the company's IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York, May 2, 2019.

Comment: Agriculture should welcome, not mock, fake meat

P.T. Barnum, the quintessential showman, might have found today’s food carnival more interesting and far more profitable than his namesake circus of yore. For example, slow food is taking note of the fast rise of meatless, or plant-based, burgers this year. Veggie burgers, their previous incarnation, are not new; the lovely Catherine, my significant other

KFC is test-marketing plant-based nuggets and wings at one of its U.S. outlets in Altanta. (Global.kfc.com)

KFC to test plant-based nuggets, wings

Reuters –– Yum Brands said on Monday it will be testing plant-based nuggets and boneless wings at an Atlanta KFC restaurant, the latest fast-food chain trying new options to attract vegan diners. The quick-service fried chicken restaurant will nationally roll out the vegan menu items, produced by U.S. processor Beyond Meat, based on the customer



The makers of the new plant-based meat substitutes have one goal: to eliminate animal agriculture.

Comment: Now that we have your attention

Get ready for the fight for animal agriculture

Raising cattle is a way of life in rural Missouri. We have the second-most cows of any state, behind only Texas. Much of our ag economy depends on beef to survive. The same could be said of pork, poultry or a number of other meat animals. So why write an article taste testing a plant-based

Burger King’s “Impossible Whopper” is made from an all-plant-based patty made by California company, Impossible Foods.

Opinion: Like it or not, this fake meat is the real deal

After an extended period writing columns about the coming wave of meat substitutes, I finally got the chance to taste test one of the leading products. Based on what I tasted, these plant-based “burgers” are here to stay. On April 1, fast-food giant Burger King rolled out its new “Impossible Whopper” at 59 stores in