Meat-free items can divide opinion, but with ‘Veganuary’ currently underway more vegan delights worth checking out have been put through The Lincolnite taste test.
Today we tried even more vegan meat replacements from top takeaways, with the latest offerings from Subway, KFC, Pizza Hut and Burger King.
Here are the scores from The Lincolnite team.
Subway’s Meatless Meatball Marinara
Subway’s Meatless Meatball Marinara. Photo: The Lincolnite
The new Meatless Meatball Marinara has plant-based meatless meatballs smothered in a marinara sauce and topped with vegan cheese.
A footlong is £5.79 in Lincoln (40p more for extra cheese) and has 690 calories (without the extra cheese). A six inch is priced at £3.69 and has 354 calories — compared to the original which has 438 calories.
It has a nice texture with a good flavour to the sauce. Although it was generally enjoyed in the office, some said the meatballs themselves lacked flavour.
It had an average rating of 3.1/5. However, our vegetarian reporter said the meatballs were suspiciously meaty — in a good way.
KFC’s new Vegan Burger has a ‘very chicken-like texture’. You can enjoy it without the guilt, but with the full taste of KFC spices. What’s not to love?
The burger is priced at £3.99 on its own (meal deal is without fries, as they’re not vegan, but you can choose beans or corn).
It’s quite plain in appearance, but certainly tastes good with the spices and plenty of flavour to earn a rating of 3.5/5 from the team.
At 456 calories, it provides a meat-free alternative to the classic chicken fillet burger (475 calories). It replaces the usual chicken breast fillet with a Quorn alternative (made from Mycoprotein), coated in the Colonel’s secret blend of 11 herbs and spices.
It is served with vegan mayonnaise and iceberg lettuce in a soft-glazed bun. It is fried in vegetable oil before it comes to the restaurants, where it is finished off in the ovens.
Pizza Hut’s Vegan Pepperphoni Pizza
Pizza Hut’s Vegan Pepperphoni Pizza. Photo: The Lincolnite
This pizza is topped with tomato sauce, Violife vegan cheese (made from coconut oil) and meat-free Pepperphoni (made from pea protein).
The Pepperphoni itself is tasty and spicy, but the cheese did not go down too well in the office. The cheese was described as tasting rubbery in texture and quite sour and overpowering. It also sticks to your teeth.
Pizza Hut Lincoln said it is only available through Deliveroo and Uber Eats – not its own collection or delivery services. We could not find it on Uber Eats at the time of writing, but we had it via Deliveroo.
An individual regular pizza is priced at £12.29, with a larger sharer available for £20.89 — plus delivery charges. The nine inch is a pan base and gluten free and the 11 inch is a thin base.
The pizza is available for Veganuary only so far, but could join the vegan menu permanently if the topping proves popular.
Burger King’s Rebel Whopper
Burger King’s Rebel Whopper. Photo: The Lincolnite
Burger King is cheating a bit. Its patty is 100% plant-based (soy), but the whole burger itself is not vegan because it’s cooked on the same broiler as the meat whoppers to deliver the “same unique flamed-grilled taste”.
So this one may be better suited for flexitarians or vegetarians who don’t mind animal fat ‘contamination’. The Burger King fries however are vegan — though you should check with your local branch before ordering.
The burger, priced at £4.99 on its own, is served with sliced tomatoes and lettuce, pickles, onions, mayo and ketchup on a toasted sesame seed bun. The new menu item has 596 calories.
It is not obvious from the taste that it is vegan, so it is a good alternative with some in the office saying they would happily order it again. It was given an average rating of 3.2/5 but our office vegetarian did not want to try it due to it being cooked on the same broiler as meat.
Burger King’s Rebel Whopper is exclusively available on the BK App on January 6 and 7 and will become available in most stores nationwide from Wednesday, January 8.
New vegan delights now available at various food outlets in Lincoln. Photo: The Lincolnite
Coming up on Wednesday — Nero is launching its own vegan sausage roll, so we’re going to pit it against Greggs’ popular alternative. Stay tuned.
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Large tailbacks can be seen in central Lincoln on Thursday, as a lane closure on Tritton Road proves to be a commuter’s nightmare.
The work is being undertaken by Western Power Distribution and is due to finish on Sunday, October 31.
It involves digging works next to Morrisons petrol station on Tritton Road, and closures have been put in place to allow Western Power to complete it safely.
Digging works by the footpath on Tritton Road. | Photo: The Lincolnite
It has resulted in the middle lane of Tritton Road northbound being closed by Morrisons, and then the left lane being closed past the junction for the supermarket.
A lane closure on Tritton Road is causing a traffic headache in the city. | Photo: The Lincolnite
The footpath and cycle lane have also been closed while works take place, with pedestrians using the left lane of the road, which is closed to vehicles, instead.
The pedestrian footpath has also been closed. | Photo: The Lincolnite
The closures have caused congestion issues on Tritton Road throughout Thursday.
The Lincolnite has contacted Western Power Distribution for a statement.
The man who organised the flight which cost footballer Emiliano Sala and Lincolnshire Pilot David Ibbotson their lives has been found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft.
David Henderson, 67, of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire was found guilty by a majority verdict after a trial at Cardiff Crown Court. He also previously admitted trying to arrange the flight for a passenger without permission or authorisation.
Henderson will be sentenced on November 12.
Argentine striker Sala, 28, was involved in a £15 million transfer to Cardiff City from Nantes. He was travelling between the two cities at the time of his death, when the single-engine Piper Malibu plunged into the English Channel.
Ibbotson, 59, also died in the crash in the English Channel in January 2019, although his body was never found.
The flight was set up by Henderson with football agent William “Willie” McKay.
Prosecutors previously said that Henderson acted “recklessly and dangerously” to arrange the flight, while Ibbotson was unqualified to fly the plane. Despite this, Henderson asked him to fly Sala over to Cardiff to complete his transfer to The Bluebirds.
The court also previously heard that in the immediate aftermath of the plane’s disappearance, Henderson text a colleague saying: “Malibu gone missing on way back from France…. Don’t say a word to anyone.”
He also reportedly messaged a colleague saying: “Ibbo has crashed the Malibu and killed himself and VIP pax (passenger). Bloody disaster. There will be an enquiry.”
A 55-year-old man has been arrested after two people were injured in an alleged domestic assault incident in Grantham.
Police were called to reports of an assault involving three people at a property on Manchester Way in Grantham at 9.51pm on Wednesday, October 27.
A woman in her 50s was seriously injured in the incident and a man in his 20s suffered minor injuries.
The 55-year-old man who was arrested near to the scene in connection with the incident remains in custody, where he is helping officers with their enquiries.
The force said they are not looking for anyone else in connection to this incident, but a police presence will remain in the area for the rest of Thursday, October 28 while officers carry out enquiries.
Anyone with information should contact police on 101 or via email at [email protected] quoting incident 424 of October 27.
Alternatively, it can be reported through the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online here.
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