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Posted: August 28, 2020
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Vegan sues Burger King, claiming meatless Impossible Whopper is ‘contaminated’ by beef fat
This July 31, 2019, file photo shows an Impossible Whopper burger at a Burger King restaurant in Alameda, California. Credit: Ben Margot | AP
A Georgia man who is vegan has sued Burger King for false advertising alleging the burger chain “duped” customers into eating Impossible Whoppers by not adequately disclosing that the plant-based patties are cooked with beef fat. The lawsuit is seeking class-action status.
According to the complaint filed in a federal court in Florida on Monday, Phillip Williams of Georgia said he visited an Atlanta Burger King in August and ordered an Impossible Whopper that, when prepared without mayonnaise, he believed conformed to his “strict vegan diet.” Williams was unaware that Impossible Whoppers are by default “cooked on the same grills as its traditional meat-based products, creating a meat-free patty that is in fact covered in meat by-product,” the lawsuit alleges.