BATTLE Plant-Based Fast Food Burger

I love fast food. I don't eat it nearly as much as I used to because I'm always in the kitchen working on new recipes, but I still crave a juicy, plant-based fast food burger from time to time. Nowadays, every fast food joint has their own plant-based burger offering and honestly, I've tried them all for research purposes of course....

Which plant-based burger packs the most nutritional value and which burger is a major nutritional let down? It's time for another product battle - Canada edition. <3 

Harveys - Lightlife 

KFC - Lightlife Chik'n

A&W - Beyond Burger

Burger King - Impossible

ROUND 1

Calories

HARVEYS - 390 
A & W - 500
BURGER KING - 688 
KFC - 700

WINNER - HARVEYS

It's apparent that not all plant-based burgers are created equally as the Harvey's Lightlife burger comes in at almost half the amount of calories that the KFC plant-based burger has. These numbers include only the toppings suggested, so these numbers could easily go up with additions like extra sauce, cheese, or other toppings. 

ROUND 2

Fat

HARVEYS - 16 g
A & W - 29 g 
BURGER KING - 36 g
KFC - 39 g

​WINNER - HARVEYS

Once again, the Harvey's Plant-Based burger is the winner, coming in at less than half the amount of fat compared to both the Burger King & KFC burgers. Essentially, you could eat two Harvey's burgers and still consume less fat than if you ate the Burger King or KFC varieties. For a once and a while treat though, none of these numbers would scare me away if the craving struck.

ROUND 3

Fiber

HARVEYS - 2 g 
A & W - 3 g
BURGER KING - 5.8 g
KFC - 5 g

WINNER - BURGER KING

Fiber is one of the most important parts of a healthy diet, especially if you're going to tear into a greasy, plant-based fast food burger. In this case, Burger King's Impossible Whopper offers up 5.8 g of fiber per burger, nearly triple the amount that the Harvey's burger offers. That amount of fiber equates to approximately 21% of your day's requirement. Not bad for a fast food burger!

ROUND 4

Carbs

HARVEYS - 38 g
A & W - 40 g
BURGER KING - 61. 9 g
KFC - 61 g

WINNER - HARVEYS  

Too much carbohydrates can lead to spiked blood sugar, weight gain, and diabetes long term. The Harvey's burger takes the crown this round with 38 g of carbs per serving, nearly half the amount of carbs than the Burger King / KFC plant-based burgers. A & W is awfully close this round with 40 g per serving but that wasn't enough to take the win.

ROUND 5

Sugars

HARVEYS - 3 g
A & W - 8 g
BURGER KING - 14.6 g
KFC - 5 g

WINNER - HARVEYS

Harvey's once again takes the win with only 3 g of sugar per burger. The KFC burger was close behind with only 5 g but the real loser here is the Burger King Impossible burger. 14. 6 g of sugar is unusually high which indicates that the bun is likely sugary and the condiments are piled on. Ketchup, relish, mustard etc., sugar hides in all of these condiments which would crank up that sugar count. Try asking for half the amount to cut that sugar in half to a more acceptable level.

FINAL ROUND

Protein

HARVEYS - 22 g
A & W - 22 g
BURGER KING - 29. 1 g 
KFC - 26 g

​WINNER - BURGER KING 

The power of plant-based protein is shining bright like a diamond this round y'all. Every burger provides a good amount of protein but the Burger King Impossible Whopper is the winner here with 29.1 g of muscle building protein. Another example of plant-based food proving that protein is easily accessible to us.

WINNER

HARVEYS

Harveys Lightlife Burger is the winner of this nutritional battle. Shoutout to Burger King for being the only other competitor to take a win. Unfortunately, the A & W & KFC burgers fell short every round. 

At the end of the day, this is all for fun you guys. If you get that craving for something naughty and want a plant-based fast food burger, just roll with it. I don't think any of us are truly considering the nutritional setback if we've already made the decish to go and and get something greasy and naughty. As long as it's only a once and a while treat of course ;)

HAPPY VEG

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