Shortly after releasing in addition to in grocery shops, the California-based firm is introducing yet one more fake meat product. It’s referred to as Impossible Meatballs, and in contrast to the others, it’s really debuting in retail earlier than eating places. Impossible Meatballs might be out there at Walmart shops this month and at extra retailers later this yr. They’re priced at round $6.48 per pack.

Instead of being made out of 1 “animal,” the Impossible Meatball was designed to be a mixture of each “beef” and “pork.” According to the corporate, every meatball is a customized mixture of Impossible Burger and Impossible Sausage together with a “homestyle meatball” seasoning mix that features dried onions and garlic. They are available in a resealable freezer bag, and every incorporates round 14 or so meatballs. There’s round 12 grams of protein per serving.

I acquired a pattern of the meatballs over the weekend. They come already cooked so all it’s essential to do is reheat them by way of the oven, microwave, stovetop or air fryer. The oven technique was listed as advisable so I baked them in a single layer on a baking tray in a 350-degree oven for 17 minutes. The finish result’s fairly scrumptious — very savory and moist. I may nonetheless inform they weren’t actually made out of meat although; they lacked a sure texture that I missed. But once I doused them in marinara sauce, that didn’t fairly matter as a lot.

In addition to promoting Impossible Meatballs, Walmart may even introduce a devoted plant-based part of its frozen aisle that may characteristic varied Impossible Foods merchandise. That contains Impossible Chicken Nuggets, Impossible Sausage in spicy and savory flavors, Impossible Burger and the aforementioned Impossible Meatballs.

According to the corporate, Impossible Meatballs is a retail-led product geared toward grocery buyers. That’s a barely totally different technique than the corporate’s earlier fake meat merchandise, which debuted at eating places first earlier than being rolled out to grocery shops. However, Impossible Meatballs will nonetheless be out there for eating places later this month.