ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The home of the Whopper is getting a new look as Burger King is testing a new verion of its iconic burger only in the St. Louis area. It's a Whopper with no meat, called the "Impossible Burger."
Burger King has been known to pull an April Fools' Day prank or two in recent memory, like the chocolate Whopper and the in-home ordering kiosk. And although St. Louis has been in the news recently for the way its bagels are sliced, this one is looking pretty real.
The restaurant responded to KMOX, saying it's not a prank:
Burger King will be adding the beefless burger to its menu, beginning with an initial launch at 59 restaurants around St. Louis. They say it's "100% Whopper. 0% beef."
As long as things go to plan, expect the rest of the chain restaurants to get the beef-like patty from Impossible Foods.
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"People on my team who know the Whopper inside and out, they try it and they struggle to differentiate which one is which," Mr. Machado said.
And Burger King replied to other customers on social media today too:
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