White-meat chicken by itself is fairly bland — the breading, spicing, and oil impart much of a KFC chicken product’s flavor. And the plant-based meat industry is still quite young.

Beyond Meat, a developer of plant protein products, has created a meat-free chicken so real that even the pickiest palette can’t tell the difference. Continue reading below.

KFC began offering meatless chicken at one store Tuesday. It sold out almost immediately. Customers in Atlanta swarmed KFC to get a taste of the new Beyond Fried Chicken.

On August 27, KFC released a limited run of meatless chicken in partnership with Beyond Meat. The vegan chicken sold out in less than five hours, according to a news release .

The meatless chicken debut got multiple nods on social media, even from celebrities like Rapper Jamaine Dupri, who claimed on Instagram to be the first to enjoy the new plant-based fast food from KFC.

KFC announced a partnership with Beyond Meat to serve meatless fried chicken. In short, this is chicken-fried, plant-based blasphemy.

National Chicken Council representative Tom Super told the Takeout that when it comes to chicken, "dark meat contains more iron, zinc, riboflavin, thiamine, and vitamins B6 and B12." ...

Here’s how chicken and poultry break down when we look at meat consumption as a whole. Yes, chicken is considered meat. The USDA defines meat as the flesh of animals, including fish and birds.