Seattle Startup’s Vegan Chicken Nuggets Come To School Lunches

SEATTLE – A Seattle-based startup has been tasked with providing school lunches for up to 125,000 students in California and Washington.

As VegNews first reported, Seattle’s Rebellyous Food has signed a deal to bring its vegan chicken nuggets to six West Coast school districts – San Ramon, Santa Ana, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Dublin in California and Everett Public Schools in Washington.

While chicken nuggets are a common sight in school canteens across the country, vegan options like Rebellyous ‘”Kickin’ Nuggets” aren’t. Rebellyous is one of the first grocery stores to bring vegan alternatives to public schools, though Impossible Foods, creators of the Impossible Burger, is reportedly not far behind, launching its own “Impossible Chicken Nugget” line with the goal of Offer vegan nuggets on school menus.

Rebellyous says their Kickin ‘Nuggets not only have a lower climate impact than meat, but also have less sodium and saturated fads than traditional meat-based nuggets.

“With school districts across the country facing supply chain bottlenecks, we pride ourselves on delivering nutritious, delicious, plant-based nuggets to students,” Rebellyous founder Chirstie Lagally told VegNews. “Providing plant-based foods to everyone, especially school children, is an important part of our mission at Rebellyous Foods.”