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Vegan fast-food options: From Taco Bell to McDonald’s, Americans are searching - Fast Company
Many fast-food chains have been slow to embrace the needs of vegan diners. Even when they do offer plant-based options, the results can be messy—as was the case with Burger King, whose Impossible Whopper attracted a lawsuit in November from a vegan who didn’t appreciate that the sandwich was cooked alongside regular meat.
Other chains have been careful to roll out their fake-meat options more broadly. McDonald’s recently expanded its test with Beyond Meat in Canada only. There’s no word yet on when the much-anticipated P.L.T. sandwich will come to the United States.
But if restaurant chains are proceeding with caution, it’s not for lack of curiosity from consumers. According to new data from SEMrush, an analytics company that studies keywords, Google searches in the United States for fast-food meatless options are on the rise. Monthly average searches for major fast-food chains along with the word “vegan” rose 12% from 2018 to 2019. For the word “vegetarian,” they jumped 35%.
Many fast-food chains have been slow to embrace the needs of vegan diners. Even when they do offer plant-based options, the results can be messy—as was the case with Burger King, whose Impossible Whopper attracted a lawsuit in November from a vegan who didn’t appreciate that the sandwich was cooked alongside regular meat.
Other chains have been careful to roll out their fake-meat options more broadly. McDonald’s recently expanded its test with Beyond Meat in Canada only. There’s no word yet on when the much-anticipated P.L.T. sandwich will come to the United States.
But if restaurant chains are proceeding with caution, it’s not for lack of curiosity from consumers. According to new data from SEMrush, an analytics company that studies keywords, Google searches in the United States for fast-food meatless options are on the rise. Monthly average searches for major fast-food chains along with the word “vegan” rose 12% from 2018 to 2019. For the word “vegetarian,” they jumped 35%.