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Vegans Sue Burger King over ‘Contaminated’ Fake Meat in Impossible Burger

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As a vegan, this lawsuit is upsetting. We should not be punishing companies for offering vegan food! And any vegan that cares about cross-contamination (many of us don't) already knows to ask. I hope they toss this lawsuit out and quick!

Considering that the Impossible Burger is not vegan (it was tested on animals), the buns and sauces it comes with are not vegan, and the burger is cooked alongside dead meat, absolutely nothing about this is aimed at vegans. It's a plant-based burger for meat eaters. I very much doubt that the man behind the lawsuit is a legit vegan as this is beyond dumb.

As a vegetarian, I couldn’t agree more. All this does is make people think vegans are assholes. If you’re that concerned and strict about these things, don’t go to BK! I think it’s great that they offer a meat free alternative. As the saying goes “no good deed goes unpunished”.

I'm not a vegan. I'm a proud carnivore. I've never considered what BK and McD serve to be "meat". So it is unsurprising that a vegetarian would not consider an impossible burger not "un-meat" either.

It's simply cheap crappy "fast food". Neither herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, nor anything else should have to eat that. But they do take EBT!

There’s some very deep rabbit holes you can dive into, if you want to be 100% sure your vegan-burger never had any contact with any animal products.

Essentially, restaurants would need a completely separate kitchen to prepare the vegan meals in, since any surface or utensil also used for regular food could have traces of animal product on it.

So if you’re an orthodox veganist, you might as well give up on eating out at places that serve regular food.

I'm always curious to know, how many insects are killed to provide meat free vegetables?

I would imagine it's a similar number per unit of area/yield/weight to that required to feed animals.

In both instances, the crops are harvested and transported for use in very similar ways.

I don't know whether I'd include or exclude ground crops that are eaten by livestock in situ - not sure what percentage of crops they would amount to.

What was your line of thought with this comment?

I'd always imaged a large quantity of vegans were against the harming of animals. Doesn't insecticide go somewhat against this princible? Not to mention the river animals that are likewise poisoned by said insecticides? Or the birds that would otherwise be feeding on said insects.

OK. It's pretty much impossible to avoid this uncomfortable truth. But I'd like to see more vegan movements campaigning about the loose laws on pesticides - along with everyone else. The mass destruction of insect life should be a serious priority on a global scale, yet it barely makes the papers.

They use same grill to make them taste better, whole thing reminds me of Cartman Burger (Ass Burgers, Season 15 Episode 8).

No legit serious vegan would step foot inside Burger King. The 'Impossible Burger' isn't even vegan to start with! https://www.peta.org/blog/why-it-is-impossible-for-peta-to-g...

For one thing, according to the Burger King website, it has mayonnaise on it. Assuming this is traditional mayonnaise, that means eggs.

Obviously, you can ask them to leave that off, but If a food is not vegan in its default configuration, you should probably think carefully about whether they're even trying to achieve vegan compliance.

This talks about testing on animals, which is not condoned in ethical veganism, but superficially it is vegan.

Animal testing is not now, or has ever been, considered vegan. Veganism isn't a diet.

I don't at all agree with PETA or veganism. But these are valid points - the article title makes it sound like all the "VEGANS" are suing when no real vegan (nor carnivore) would set foot in BK. Nope they are the unethical ambulance chasing lawyers and git-rich-quick idiots that are suing.

I do disagree with the vegan crowd, but they are at least moral and largely consistent in their own beliefs so fine by me as long as they stay the F* out of my life.

But lawyers and idiots like this really tick me off and I hope they have to pay court costs for this frivolous lawsuit and I hope BK does not pay them off one dime.

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