The History of the Veggie Burger
In 2019, the plant-based, lab-grown burger is king. This is how the meatless marvel rose to fame. 🍔🥦
Meet the Veggie Burger
This burger is not made with real meat. Once upon a time, veggie burgers meant veggies on top of a hamburger. In 1982, Gregory Sams launched a new kind of burger — the Vegeburger. By 1992, Gardenburger had become a commercial success. A year later, the Boca Burger hit the shelves. Between the original dry mix and the frozen VegeBurger that made its debut in 1984 through a licensing agreement, approximately seven million are eaten every year. That’s one every four seconds, 24 hours a day. By the time Sams sold Realeat in 1988, the total went up to 13 million. Now, companies like Impossible Foods / Beyond Meat are out to make the most realistic meatless meat — with the main protein source being pea protein / soy protein. Several fast food chains are testing out menu items featuring meat substitutes to attract consumers who want to eat less meat for health environmental moral reasons.
By 1985 (the VegeBurger was flying off the shelves at this point), Portland, Oregon, restaurant owner Paul Wenner founded Gardenburger, Inc. and released its first vegetable-based burger commercially by 1992. The following year, Boca Burger Inc. was founded. By 2002 Boca, which was acquired by Kraft Foods, was bringing in more than 70 million dollars annually. The first vegan meat commercial was from Carl’s Jr — during the Super Bowl. Beyond Meat became the first plant-based meat company to go public in May 2019. Impossible Foods’ signature blood-red color protein soy leghemoglobin, or “heme,” was recently approved by the FDA — allowing the food items to be sold in grocery stores. Globally, beef is responsible for 41% of livestock greenhouse gas emissions, and livestock accounts for 14.5% of total global emissions according to FAO. A veggie burger is a burger patty that does not contain meat or any such kind of meat. These burgers may be made from ingredients like beans, especially soybeans and tofu, nuts, grains, seeds or fungi such as mushrooms or mycoprotein.
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413 comments
A'Myriah H.
10/19/2019 16:15here go u a new vege burger😭
Jason C.
10/05/2019 06:38whatever its made of it's not cooked properly!
Kathrin G.
10/03/2019 00:48Anything processed is questionable...stay with the basic of nature..
Walter W.
10/02/2019 22:55Pathetic
Velarga C.
10/02/2019 09:19It's just a fancy way of saying fake meat..
Tim L.
10/02/2019 01:48GMO soy beans is not good for you.
Romero M.
09/30/2019 20:40No necesito un sustituto de la carne por que yo como carne OuO
Zahira M.
09/30/2019 18:198
Arturo C.
09/30/2019 18:04para tu flak
Mostafa M.
09/30/2019 14:48there is still hope
Daniel D.
09/30/2019 03:17Wait, Thats illegal.
Nehad K.
09/29/2019 22:29🙆💔
Jennee L.
09/29/2019 13:48ໂຄສະນາຂາຍເບີເກີ້ວ່າຊັ້ນນນນນ
Sanzida S.
09/29/2019 13:26this is so amazing
Satyaroop M.
09/29/2019 03:49vai😆😆🤣🤣
Almuayyad G.
09/29/2019 02:46.. Sir take a look pls
Carlos A.
09/28/2019 22:40Vegan is scrub
Atanas K.
09/28/2019 20:46For people with brainless brains
Rime F.
09/28/2019 16:43the one i told you about
ابراهيم آ.
09/28/2019 06:54مكوناته ايه