KFC to start testing Beyond Meat fried chicken
CNN image(CNN) - Kentucky fried plant-based chicken is coming to a KFC in Atlanta this week. In a test of Beyond Meat's latest fake meat creation, KFC will offer "Beyond Fried Chicken" at a single restaurant in Smyrna, Georgia, near Atlanta's SunTrust Park. Although the health benefits of plant-based meat continue to be debated, meat consumption -- particularly red meat -- increases people's mortality rates, according to a study published in the medical journal BMJ last month. KFC will offer Beyond Fried Chicken in two forms: nuggets or boneless wings, each available in six or 12-piece combo meals. "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!'"