Nestlé's Awesome Burger is the company's answer to the plant-based meat craze

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Nestlé is joining the plant-based craze with its own competitor to the Impossible Burger and Beyond Meat. The Awesome Burger, currently rolling out in US retailers, marks a turning point for fake meat.

The Awesome Burger is Nestlé's answer to the plant-based meat crazeStory by Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN BusinessUpdated 1230 GMT September 24, 2019If you turn off Highway 1 at just the right spot in Moss Landing, California, past fruit stands, roadside cafes and artichoke farms, you may catch a sudden whiff of bacon.

Monterey County, where Moss Landing is situated, is the perfect place for a vegetarian business. Home of the Salinas Valley, the so-called"salad bowl of the world," it's one of the most productive agricultural areas on the planet, growing more than 150 crops including lettuce — lots of lettuce. It's been Sweet Earth's home for years, well before Nestlé acquired the then 350-person company in 2017.

 

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