In its advertising, KFC says the alternative chicken is “still finger lickin’ good.” Customers can buy four plant-based chicken nuggets a la carte for $1.99. The wings cost $1 each ($6 for a half-dozen and $12 for a dozen), and the nuggets are $6.49 for six and $8.49 for 12. KFC will offer Beyond Fried Chicken in two forms: nuggets or boneless wings, each available in six or 12-piece combo meals. Dunkin’ is testing Beyond Meat sausage and egg sandwiches in New York, and announced in July that it plans to bring plant-based sandwiches to every American store in the near future. Similarly, Restaurant Brands’ Tim Hortons started offering Beyond Meat breakfast sandwiches as a small test and expanded them across Canada. Burger King recently made its plant-based Impossible Whoppers available across the United States. Customers are demanding them, and companies so far have been happy to oblige, and pleased with the results.Īlthough KFC said the Beyond Meat test will remain limited to one store for a short time, other restaurants that have tested plant-based meat alternative products have ultimately expanded their availability. KFC, owned by Yum Brands, joins a growing list of fast-food and quick-serve restaurants that are adding meat substitutes to their menus. Rival Impossible is rumored to be planning an IPO as well. The stock has cooled off since then, but investor enthusiasm remains as sales soar. At one point, Beyond was trading about 10 times higher than its IPO price. Although the health benefits of plant-based meat continue to be debated, meat consumption - particularly red meat - increases people’s mortality rates, according to a study published in the medical journal BMJ last month.īeyond Meat’s stock has surged since its May initial public offering, rising to $150 from its $25 IPO price. Plant-based meat alternatives have grown popular in supermarkets and restaurants across the world, as people search for environmentally friendly and healthier foods to eat. Feast on these Kentucky Fried miracles tomorrow while they last at KFC in Atlanta, Georgia. It’s Kentucky Fried Chicken but it’s made with It’s confusing, but it’s also delicious. KFC will become the first nationwide fast food restaurant to test Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken. In a test of Beyond Meat’s latest fake meat creation, KFC will offer “Beyond Fried Chicken” at a single restaurant in Smyrna, Georgia, near Atlanta’s SunTrust Park.īeyond Meat has added chicken to its lineup of plant-based products, which include burger, ground beef and sausage alternatives, among other meat substitutes.

Kentucky fried plant-based chicken is coming to a KFC in Atlanta this week.

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