{"id":1887,"date":"2024-03-08T00:07:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T00:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/oscar-mayer-is-launching-a-plant-based-hot-dog\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T00:07:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T00:07:48","slug":"oscar-mayer-is-launching-a-plant-based-hot-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/08\/oscar-mayer-is-launching-a-plant-based-hot-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Mayer is launching a plant-based hot dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"\">An iconic American sausage maker is about to offer a meat-free option.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Oscar Mayer announced Wednesday the launch of plant-based NotHotDogs and NotSausages.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s a joint venture between Oscar Mayer parent Kraft Heinz and TheNotCompany, a Chile-based food-tech company backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The venture is called The Kraft Heinz Not Company, stylized as TheKraftHeinzNotCo.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u2018Oscar\u00a0Mayer\u00a0NotHotDogs and NotSausages offer the savory and smoky experience that brand fans have known and loved for more than 140 years,\u2019 the brand said in a release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">An analysis cited by Kraft forecasts the meat-alternative market to more than double by 2030. However, many meatless hot dogs and dinner sausages currently on offer have failed to capture consumers because of flavor and texture concerns, Kraft said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe know people are hungry for plant-based meat options from brands they know and trust,\u201d Lucho Lopez-May, the CEO of The Kraft Heinz Not Company, said in a release. \u201cIn launching the joint venture\u2019s first product in the plant-based meat category, we saw an opportunity to satisfy these consumer cravings, leveraging NotCo\u2019s revolutionary AI technology and the power, equity, and legacy of the\u00a0Oscar\u00a0Mayer brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In addition to a traditional hot dog, flavors on offer from the new lineup include bratwurst and Italian sausage. The new products may contain less saturated fat and cholesterol than traditional Oscar Mayer beef products, but they may contain more sodium, as well as more protein.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a follow-up statement to NBC News, the company said ingredients included in the new product lineup include bamboo fiber, mushroom, pea protein and acerola cherry, also known as Barbados cherry or West Indian cherry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Kraft Heinz and NotCo have already launched plant-based cheese slices, mayo, and mac &amp; cheese products.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on NBC NEWS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An iconic American sausage maker is about to offer a meat-free option. Oscar Mayer announced Wednesday the launch of plant-based NotHotDogs and NotSausages. It\u2019s a joint venture between Oscar Mayer parent Kraft Heinz and TheNotCompany, a Chile-based food-tech company backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The venture is called The Kraft Heinz Not Company, stylized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}