Phillip Williams says his Impossible Burger had too much meat juice on it. That’s the claim he and a group of vegan customers are making in a newly filed lawsuit against Burger King. They are suing the restaurant over its popular meatless patty, according to reports from TMZ.
The plaintiffs allege the meatless burgers, in some locations, are cooked on the same grill as the restaurant’s beef burgers and other meat products, allowing cross-contamination with meat byproducts. In the lawsuit, Williams singled out an Atlanta Burger King location.
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The suit claims that the Atlanta restaurant has no disclosures on its menu alerting consumers of potential meat residue making contact with the Impossible Burger, and Williams said there are other complaints posted online about the patties. One user said:
“Went to @BurgerKing and asked for an impossible burger. I asked for them to cook it on a separate grill or pan since I’m vegetarian and don’t want meat juice on what I’m eating and they replied ‘we don’t do that here. What’s the point of having a vegan burger if it’s not vegan?”
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Another user tweeted:
“An Impossible Burger at @BurgerKing is only vegetarian/vegan if they can guarantee that there’s a special grill and special utensils not contaminated by meat juice. Illness by cross-contamination is real, folks. #ImpossibleWhopper.”
While meatless food options are often lauded as vegan or vegetarian, according to Impossible Foods, “no plant is actually touched” in the process of making its infamous burger. Instead of using those plants directly, they insert synthetic versions of sections of soy DNA into yeast, so it produces soy leghemoglobin during fermentation.
