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Dunkin' is now serving a plant-based "meat" breakfast sandwich.
- Dunkin' added a plant-based Beyond sausage breakfast sandwich to menus at its Manhattan, New York, locations on Wednesday, in collaboration with Beyond Meat.
- I compared Dunkin's new Beyond sausage breakfast sandwich with its standard sausage breakfast sandwich.
- While the Beyond sausage doesn't quite mimic the meat sausage, I'd choose it over the meat version any day.
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On Wednesday, Dunkin' became the first chain to serve Beyond sausage for breakfast.
Dunkin's new Beyond sausage breakfast sandwich is now available at the chain's locations in Manhattan, New York, and will eventually be served nationwide, according to an announcement from the chain.
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown told Business Insider's Kate Taylor that the company's partnership with Dunkin' is part of an effort to democratize the plant-based "meat" trend and make Beyond Meat products available to a wider range of consumers.
I, a consumer, was skeptical when I heard of this odd couple. When I think of Dunkin', I think of donuts.
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But as Business Insider's resident chow chomper, I had a solemn duty to give Dunkin's new Beyond sausage breakfast sandwich a fair chance.
I made my way to a nearby Dunkin' restaurant, and after a brief ordering snafu, I lugged my haul of two sandwiches back to the office. On the table: Dunkin's new Beyond sausage breakfast sandwich and its standard sausage breakfast sandwich.
Here's how they compared: