McDonald's introduce vegan nuggets in Norway

McDonald’s has introduced a vegan take on its popular chicken nugget. The meat-free menu item is available in its Norway locations. The nuggets are filled with chickpeas, cauliflower, corn, carrots, onion, and potatoes and are coated in a crunchy breaded outer. The company has also launched a Vegetarian McFeast burger in its restaurants in Norway. The burger is served with a breaded bean-based patty, McFeast sauce, dairy cheese, mustard, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and onion. If ordered without cheese, the burger is vegan. The new menu additions follow the success of various meat-free launches across the region. In 2017, the McVegan burger arrived in Sweden and Finland, where it was purchased 150,000 times in one month. The McVegan burger patty was made by Nordic food group Orkla. Orkla chief executive Peter Ruzicka branded the partnership with McDonald’s “very successful”. He added: “People want to eat more plant-based food, partly because of health reasons but also because of environmental reasons. The McVegan has less climate impact than a regular burger made of meat and this has received a lot of attention worldwide. This trend, of course, is not only in the Nordics.”