BK Veggie
Gone. Burger King dropped the MorningStar patty in the fall of 2019, after the Impossible Whopper's US rollout earlier that year, and said the Impossible now filled the meat-free slot on its menu. No return has been announced.
Last verified Nov 3, 2026
A MorningStar Farms patty on a Burger King bun, sold nationwide for $1.99 when meatless fast food was still a novelty. It held the vegetarian slot for 17 years, then lost it to a plant burger that bled.
Filed under: Fast Food · the ’00s & later
📅 Timeline
- 2002The BK Veggie, a MorningStar Farms patty, joined Burger King's national menu on March 18 as a permanent item at a suggested $1.99.
- 2019In April, Burger King began testing the Impossible Whopper in St. Louis, then rolled it out across the US later that year.
- 2019Bloomberg reported on October 31 that Burger King was dropping the Kellogg-supplied MorningStar veggie burger.
❓ People also ask
Who made the Burger King veggie burger?
MorningStar Farms, then a division of Kellogg, which formulated the patty specifically for Burger King.
Why did Burger King get rid of the BK Veggie?
It was replaced by the Impossible Whopper. Burger King said the Impossible patty now filled the meat-free slot on its US menu.
Does Burger King still have a veggie burger?
Not the MorningStar one. Burger King's meat-free option in the US is the Impossible Whopper.
🧾 Sources
- QSR Magazine, Burger King to launch veggie burger, add reduced-fat mayonnaise (2002)
- Vegetarian Resource Group, Special Report on Burger King (2002)
- CNBC, Burger King is testing a vegetarian Whopper made with Impossible Burger (2019)
- Bloomberg, Burger King Ditches Morningstar Burger as Impossible Ascends (2019)
- The Takeout, Burger King's Veggie Burger Is Gone And Definitely Forgotten (2019)