原文：https://vegnews.com/2019/12/popularity-of-impossible-foods-and-beyond-meat-is-saving-250-000-animals-annually

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POPULARITY OF IMPOSSIBLE FOODS AND BEYOND MEAT IS SAVING 250,000 ANIMALS ANNUALLY

广为流行的“不可能食品”和“超越肉类”每年拯救250,000只动物

When meat-eating consumers purchase plant-based burgers and vegan sausages at places such as Burger King and Dunkin’, less animals are slaughtered for food according to research by World Animal Protection.

根据世界动物保护协会（World Animal Protection）的研究结果，肉食消费者在Burger King（汉堡王）和Dunkin'（唐恩都乐）等商店购买植物性汉堡和纯素香肠食品，使食用动物的屠宰数量下降。

by ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

作者：ANNA STAROSTINETSKAYA

DECEMBER 23, 2019

2019年12月23日

Current purchasing habits of plant-based fast-food items save approximately 140,000 pigs and 110,000 cows from slaughter annually, according to new research. Ben Williamson—the head of United States programs at animal welfare group World Animal Protection—analyzed purchasing data at 18 fast-food chains that serve Impossible Foods’ plant-based meat (including Burger King, Fatburger, White Castle, Qdoba and Red Robin) and nine national chains that serve Beyond Meat’s vegan products (such as Dunkin’, Denny’s, Subway, Del Taco, and TGI Friday’s) to find that many meat eaters are opting for plant-based alternatives.

根据新的研究结果，目前消费者购买植物性快餐食品的习惯每年可以使大约140,000头猪和110,000头牛免遭屠宰。本·威廉姆森（Ben Williamson）是动物福利组织“世界动物保护协会”的美国项目负责人，他通过分析以下一些店家的消费数据，发现许多肉食者现在选择购买（动物制品的）植物性替代品：18家供应不可能食品公司（Impossible Food）植物肉产品的快餐连锁店（Burger King、Fatburger、White Castle、Qdoba、Red Robin等）；9家供应超越肉类公司（Beyond Meat）纯素食产品的全国连锁店（Dunkin’、Denny’s、Subway、Del Taco、TGI Friday’s等）。

“Until recently, the ‘X’ factor has been that we don’t know who is eating these new plant-based sausages and burgers,” Williamson says. “Both survey and anecdotal research suggests that the vast majority of Impossible and Beyond purchases are from would-be meat-eaters, so the animal impact is very real and very estimable.”

“谁在吃这些新的植物性香肠和汉堡？不久前对于我们来说还是一个谜，”威廉姆森说道。“调查结果和传闻研究（anecdotal research）都表明，购买‘不可能食品’和‘超越肉类’这两家公司产品的绝大部分顾客为想吃肉的消费者，因此对动物的影响是非常切实的，而且也很容易作出估计。”

While Williamson points out that saving nearly a quarter of a million animals from slaughter is a move in the right direction, he acknowledges that it is only a fraction of the 120 million pigs and 30 million cows killed for food in the US annually. However, with the introduction of new products (such as new Beyond Meat vegan chicken products expected to debut next year) in foodservice and retail channels, Williamson says the outlook is positive.

威廉姆森指出，使将近25万只动物免遭屠宰是积极的进步；同时他也表示，这只占美国每年宰杀供人们食用的1.2亿头猪和3千万头牛的一小部分。不管怎么样，随着更多新产品（植物性替代品）在餐饮服务及零售渠道推出（例如超越肉类公司新的纯素鸡肉产品预计明年面市），威廉姆森觉得前景是乐观的。

“We expect to see these numbers continue to increase in 2020 as more Beyond and Impossible products are rolled out nationwide and more restaurants introduce their own in-house versions,” Williamson says. “Plus, the next generation of available plant-based products will focus on chicken and fish and because these are smaller animals, they are processed in significantly higher numbers, this is when we’ll really see the numbers soar.”

“超越肉类公司和不可能食品公司将更多产品推广到美国各地，越来越多的餐馆也纷纷推出各自开发的植物性替代品，我们期望在2020年看到这些（动物获救）数目持续增加，”威廉姆森说道。“此外，下一代的植物性产品将把目光转向鸡和鱼；因为这些动物比较小，其被宰杀加工的数量明显更多；故此，我们也将真正看到（动物获救）数目飙升的情况。”