Beyond Meat Chicken Tenders Launch At 400 Restaurants Nationwide

Beyond Meat continues to disrupt the protein market with the launch of plant-based chicken tenders at hundreds of eateries across the U.S.

Credit: Beyond Meat

Vegan chicken tenders have just launched in nearly 400 restaurants across the U.S. as demand for plant-protein continues to grow. 

The chicken tenders are the latest product from plant-based protein company Beyond Meat, which has continued to disrupt the global meat industry since launching its first U.S. retail product back in 2013. 

The likes of the company’s Beyond Burger and Beyond Sausage have helped to take realistic meat-alternatives to the mainstream, allowing consumers to eat ‘meat’ that has a fraction of the carbon emissions compared to animal-based meat, and eliminates the need to farm animals. 

Now, the national roll out of Beyond Meat’s chicken tenders is a major step in tackling the U.S.’s huge and unsustainable meat industry, which slaughters approximately 9 billion chickens every year for their meat.  

The plant-based tenders are made from simple ingredients like faba beans and peas, but are crafted to look, cook, and taste like traditional chicken tenders. As well as being the more sustainable protein option, the tenders are healthier, too: they have 40% less saturated fat than the leading food-service chicken tender. Each serving contains 14g of protein, and they contain no cholesterol.

“We’re innovating the poultry market with the new Beyond Chicken Tenders—the result of our tireless pursuit for excellence and growth at Beyond Meat,” said Dariush Ajami, Beyond Meat’s Chief Innovation Officer. “As with all our products, Beyond Chicken Tenders offer delicious taste and an exceptional culinary experience, along with strong nutritional benefits”.

Among the hundreds of restaurants adding Beyond Chicken Tenders include: 

• Bad Mutha Clucka

• Bird Bird Biscuit

• Blissful Burgers

• Burger Patch

• Detroit Wing Company

• Dog Haus

• Duke’s on 7

• Epic Burger

• Fire Wings

• Flyrite Chicken

• JAILBIRD

• Melt Bar and Grilled

• Milwaukee Burger Company

• Next Level Burger / Next Level Clucker

• Nuno’s Tacos & Vegmex Grill

• Plant-Based Pizzeria

• Plow Burger

• Pub 819

• Romeo’s Pizza

• Sarpino’s Pizza

• Stanley’s Northeast Bar Room

• Syberg’s

• The Bar Draft House

• The Block Food & Drink

• The Howe Daily Kitchen & Bar

• Toppers Pizza

• Verdine

And you can find your nearest participating restaurant by visiting Beyond Meat’s location finder.

As one of the fastest growing food companies in the United States, it’s been another record year for Beyond Meat already, as the company secured landmark deals with major fast-food chains including Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut. 

And this year also marked perhaps the company’s biggest deal yet: a three-year global partnership to provide the new McPlant line at McDonald’s.

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