{"id":54510,"date":"2022-08-19T20:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T00:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=54510"},"modified":"2022-08-19T20:10:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T00:10:24","slug":"taco-bell-testing-plant-based-meat-at-some-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/08\/taco-bell-testing-plant-based-meat-at-some-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Taco Bell testing plant-based meat at some locations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taco Bell is now joining the train of fast-food restaurants that are offering meat alternatives.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/tb_logo.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54511\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Taco Bell is testing plant-based meat at some of its locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company, the product is a soy and pea protein blend inspired by classic Taco Bell flavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Taco Bell is only testing out the vegan option in its Birmingham, Alabama, market with the introduction of the new Crispy Melt Taco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The taco is made with a white corn shell tortilla with layers of a melty blend of shredded cheddar, mozzarella and Monterey pepper jack cheeses, plus warm nacho cheese sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The taco then features a choice of protein. Customers may choose to have seasoned beef in their taco, or the new plant-based protein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The taco is then topped with lettuce, even more cheddar cheese, diced tomatoes and reduced-fat sour cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crispy Melt Taco is available for $2.49.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company says the American Vegetarian Association has certified the protein vegan and it can be added to other menu options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taco Bell is now joining the train of fast-food restaurants that are offering meat alternatives. Taco Bell is testing plant-based meat at some of its locations. According to the company,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":54511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[1558],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54512,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54510\/revisions\/54512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}