Are plant-based burgers nutritious and delicious? Plant•based burgers are a more nutritious choice for many people. especially when used as a and comparison to beef. replacement in a diet with a current heavy intake of conventional beef burgers. An in-house registered dietitian reviewed each product's ingredient list and nutrition labels For a double-blind taste test, New Hope Network selected 19 of the best-selling plant-based to identifymajor nutritional benefits, nutritional detractors and common allergens. This burgers. then asked 115 participants to rank the samples based on appearance, texture. taste graphic plots the taste. the nutritional rank and the per-patty price for each brand. TOP 5 FOR NUTRITION (listed alphabetically) LIST OF PLANT-BASED BURGERS TESTED Alpha Burger • 365 Plant-Based Burger • Lightlife Burger Boca All American Classic • Alpha Burger • Morningstar Farms Gardein Beefless Burger • Amy's Quarter Pound Burger Grillers Original Sol Cuisine Extreme Griller • Beyond Burger • Quorn Meatless Trader Joe's Hi-Protein • Boca All American Classic Gourmet Burger Veggie Burger • Dr. Praeger's Perfect Burger • Sol Cuisine Extreme Griller TOP 5 FOR FLAVOR • Field Roast Hand-Formed • Sweet Earth Awesome Burger (listed alphabetically) Burger • Tofurky Plant-Based Burger Beyond Burger • Gardein Beefless Burger • Trader Joe's Hi-Protein Field Roast • Garden burger Original Veggie Burger Hand-Formed Burger Veggie Burger • Uncut Plant-Based Burger Lightlife Burger • Laura's Classic Recipe • Worthington X Burger Quorn Meatless Gourmet Plant-Based Burgers Burger Sweet EarthAwesome Burger A C F Taste, nutrition and Nutrition grade key: (graded on an A-F scale) prices of tested burgers mlI!>mlI!> UD 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Anonymous winner's ranking This chart shows three metrics, with each bar representing one brand. Bar height shows relative taste score; and bar color indicates nutrition grade. Price per patty is indicated in blue. .