Including calories, protein, and … soy leghemoglobin?
Not only is the Impossible Whopper still available at BK, the chain added the Impossible Croissan’wich to their breakfast menu.
WRITTEN CONTENT BY PAUL KITA VIA MEN’S HEALTH
Even though Burger King announced that it would be rolling out the Impossible Whopper in its stores as a “limited offer” nationwide in August 2019, the burger has staying power.
Not only is the Impossible Whopper still available at BK, the chain added the Impossible Croissan’wich to their breakfast menu.
You could call these “plant-based” additions to fast-food menus, except that there’s actually no real definition of what that term actually means.
And there has yet to emerge any sound scientific research on whether switching from a diet of meat-based burgers to a one of plant-based burgers (or croissan’wiches, for that matter) can actually make a difference in your health.
(And, no, this study that was bandied about doesn’t count. As the press release from the Stanford stated itself: “the small study was funded by an unrestricted gift from Beyond Meat.”)
Does that mean that you shouldn’t eat plant-based products? Not necessarily. Just know that they’re not the same as filling your diet as actual plants, which research has repeatedly shown does improve your health.
“We’re looking at what I’d consider to be an ultra-processed food,” said Abby Langer, R.D., in this article about Impossible Pork.
“That’s not saying that the Impossible product doesn’t have nutritional value or that it’s the same as eating a can of Pringles,” she said. “But it’s just reality: Fake meat is ultra-processed, meaning that it contains a lot of extra additives and ingredients to make it what it is.”
The Impossible Whopper sells itself on what it is not (“100% Whopper, 0% Beef” per BK advertisements).
So what is inside an Impossible Whopper? Read more from Men’s Health.
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