Impossible Foods Inc. is a food technology company that develops plant-based substitutes for meat products, founded in 2011 by Patrick O. Brown, a biochemistry professor at Stanford University. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, at 400 Saginaw Dr, Redwood City, California 94063, US, and operates as a privately held company with 201-500 employees.
The company’s signature product, the Impossible Burger, was launched in July 2016 as a vegan alternative to a beef hamburger, and in partnership with Burger King, Impossible Whoppers were released across the United States by summer 2019. Impossible Foods makes plant-based chicken products and pork products, offering chicken, beef, and pork products from plants for every meal – breakfast, lunch, and dinner – with a goal of replicating the flavors, textures, and cooking experience that meat eaters crave. Their product line includes ground beef, meatballs, hot dogs, sausages, chicken, and pork, all made without animals.
Impossible Foods’ mission is to make delicious meat that’s packed with nutrients, better for the planet, and way better for animals, striving to positively impact people and the planet by making delicious, nutritious meat from plants with a fraction of the environmental footprint of meat from animals. The company takes a uniquely scientific approach that aims to make the world’s best plant-based meat with the power to transform the food system, observing animal products at the molecular level to replicate their characteristics. Their delicious products are nutrient-packed with 0 mg cholesterol, and the super meaty beef has 19g protein/serving and 33% less fat than the animal version, as their ingredients are derived entirely from plants.
