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KFC ready to test plant-based chicken

Chris Pastrick
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KFC will join the plant-based meat fray with planet-based chicken offerings.

The world of alternative meat just got a bit bigger.

KFC, whose name is one-third meat, is joining the fray with some planet-based chicken, Business Insider reports.

The chain will team up with Beyond Meat to offer customers Beyond Fried Chicken.

But it’s only in the testing phase, and it’s only going to be available in one site: A restaurant in Smyrna, Ga., near Atlanta’s SunTrust Park.

“KFC Beyond Fried Chicken is so delicious, our customers will find it difficult to tell that it’s plant-based,” said Kevin Hochman, KFC’s chief concept officer. “I think we’ve all heard ‘it tastes like chicken’ — well our customers are going to be amazed and say, ‘it tastes like Kentucky Fried Chicken!’”

CNN reports the new products will come as nuggets or boneless wings — in six- or 12-piece combo meals. The wings will be $1 each, while the nuggets will be $6.49 for six and $8.49 for a dozen.

Business Insider reports the company has been testing vegetarian fried chicken in the U.K. for the past year.

Chris Pastrick is a TribLive digital producer. An Allegheny County native, he began working for the Valley News Dispatch in 1993 and joined the Trib in 1997. He can be reached at cpastrick@triblive.com.

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