Bk Veggie Burger Case Study

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The understanding of food influences a persons decision on what to eat on a daily basis. The understanding of food can also be broken down into five categories: health, body image, race, class, and gender. These factors pressure people on not only what to eat but also where to eat. The BK Veggie Burger has an interesting background as well as challenges all the factors noted. It was brought to the United States menu in 2013, while being available on menus across other countries, such as India. The burger is comprised of a MorningStar Farms Garden Veggie Patty and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, white onions, pickles, ketchup and mayo topped with a toasted sesame seed bun. Burger King is using the MorningStar patty for the first couple of years until they see sustainable profit for the veggie burger. The BK Veggie Burger along with Burger King has now created an interesting argument on healthy foods in fast food chains. The BK Veggie Burger challenges the way people view a meal through not only health, body image, race, class, and gender but also from an author’s opinion and portrayal of what is and isn 't …show more content…

In 2012, Burger King decided to announce their line of six meatless burgers in India. India is looked as a vegetarian-friendly environment due to the mass amount of people who practice the Hindu religion. While it does not mention specifically to not eat meat in the religion it does strongly advocate for Ahisma, which is the principal of nonviolence towards all living things including animals (Google Dictionary). Nonetheless, the burgers were a resounding success leading to the invention of the BK Veggie Burger. Burger King was at first hesitant to try launching the burgers in the United States due to McDonald’s failure some years before. However, vegetarianism is on the rise and without India’s large Hindu population we might have never seen the BK Veggie Burger be

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