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{{Short description|Veggie burger produced by Kraft Heinz}}
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| caption        = An "original chick'n" veggie patty
| producttype    = [[Veggie burger]]
| currentowner   = [[Kraft Heinz]]
| producedby     = [[Kraft Foods]]
| country        = U.S.
| introduced     = {{start date and age|1979}}
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'''Boca Burger''' is a [[veggie burger]] produced by [[Kraft Heinz]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. Like all of Boca Foods' products, Boca Burgers serve as a [[meat analogue|meat alternative]].<ref name="patron">{{Cite web|author=The Healthy Patron|date=2020-01-16|title=Are Boca Burgers Healthy?|url=https://medium.com/@thehealthypatron/are-boca-burgers-healthy-49d38d226352|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kraft Heinz flips Boca burger for modern age|url=https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/11452-kraft-heinz-flips-boca-burger-for-modern-age|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Food Business News|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Boca Burger 2.jpg|thumb|Boca Burger]]
The Boca Foods Company began in 1979 with the [[vegetarian]] "Sun Burger" product, as one of the first frozen, plant-based burger replacement products.<ref name="patron"/> Over the next decade, more burgers were introduced, as well as [[meat]]less versions of [[ground beef]], [[chicken nuggets]], various toppings on [[pizza]], [[chili sin carne|chili]], [[lasagna]], and [[sausage]]s. [[Organic food|Organic]] versions of some Boca products appeared in 2001.

[[Kraft Foods]], the United States' largest packaged foods company, announced in early 2000 that it had reached agreement to purchase Boca Burger, Inc., a privately held manufacturer and marketer of [[soy]]-based [[Meat analogue|meat alternatives]]. The announcement was made when [[Kraft Foods]] was represented by Gordon James and Clifford A. Wolff. The products are sold in the United States through retail grocery and club stores, natural foods stores and food service channels nationwide. Boca Burger, based in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], had 1999 revenues of about $40 million, almost double the previous year.<ref name=sales /> By 2002, sales had grown to $70 million per year.<ref name=sales>{{cite web | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/05/07/boca-helps-fatten-kraft-sales/ | title=Boca helps fatten Kraft sales | publisher=Chicago Tribune | date=May 7, 2002 | access-date=July 26, 2012 | author=Sachdev, Ameet}}</ref>

As of April 2020, Boca also offers meatless skillet meals.<ref>{{cite web |title=BOCA {{!}} Products |url=https://www.bocaburger.com/products#skilletmeals |website=www.bocaburger.com}}</ref>

==Awards==
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! Year !! Award !! Result
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|2008 || [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA: The Golden Bun Awards]] || {{won}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peta.org/feat/goldbun/1.html |title=Vegan Food |date=9 June 2010 |publisher=PETA |access-date=2017-11-07}}</ref>
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|}

==See also==
{{portal|Food}}
* [[List of meat substitutes]]
* [[List of vegetarian and vegan companies]]
* [[Veganism]]
* [[Veggie burger]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

{{Kraft Foods Group}}
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[[Category:Kraft Foods brands]]
[[Category:Meat substitutes]]
[[Category:Vegetarian companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Soy product brands]]
[[Category:Food and drink introduced in 1979]]