Following a 2021 approval by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, vegetable protein products produced by Impossible Foods will be incorporated into school meals. California is to be the leading state in adopting alternatives to real meat. Chicken nuggets and patties will be supplied by Impossible Foods who claim that 500 institutions have tried or are using their products. Given the differential in wholesale cost between 
vegetable-derived products compared to hamburger and chicken it would be difficult for school administrators to justify selection of alternatives to real meat.