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Impossible Foods

OVERALL

Owned
USA
Rating
Some praise, no criticism

Mock meat producers

Founded in 2011 by Pat Brown. Their signature product, the Impossible Burger, was launched in July 2016. Supplies several restaurant chains (including Burger King) and major retailers across USA.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Impossible Foods Inc
Social 100% on Corporate Equality Index
This company is listed as having best practice on a report card on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality in corporate America.
Source: Human Rights Campaign (2021)
Animals Plant Based Foods Association member
This company is a member of the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), who represents more than 90 of USA's leading plant-based food companies. The PBFA's mission is to promote the plant-based foods industry by removing obstacles to a fair and competitive marketplace for alternatives to animal ingredients and products.
Source: PBFA (2022)
Business Ethics Sustainability claims
This company has sustainability claims on its website. "Eating Impossible Beef Made From Plants instead of beef from a cow means your environmental footprint is much lower: less land and water, and lower greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: company website (2022)
Social Criticised for "hyperprocessed" ingredients
In an open letter, rival alternative-meat company Lightlife criticized Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods for their use of "hyperprocessed" ingredients. The letter was slammed by Impossible Foods as cynical and disingenuous and dismissed by one commentator as a "PR stunt".
Source: Food Dive (2020)

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Company Details

Type Private company
Founded 2011

Contact Details

Address Redwood City, California, USA
Website impossiblefoods.com

Products / Brands

Impossible Foods
Impossible Vegetarian & Vegan


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