Veggie burger
A veggie burger is a hamburger-style patty that does not contain meat. The patty of a veggie burger may be made, for example, from vegetables, textured vegetable protein (soy meat), legumes, nuts, dairy products, mushrooms, wheat, or eggs.
In places such as India where vegetarianism is widespread, McDonald's and KFC serve veggie burgers.[1][2] Since February 2010, McDonald's Germany, its fourth-biggest global market, is serving veggie burgers in all its restaurants.[3][4] Different kinds of veggie burgers are also served permanently in McDonald's restaurants in Bahrain,[5] Canada (patty is made by Yves Veggie Cuisine),[6] Dubai,[7] Egypt (McFalafel, consisting of a falafel patty with tomato, lettuce and tahini sauce),[8][9] Greece (McVeggie, consisting of a breaded and fried vegetable patty with tomato, iceberg lettuce and ketchup, in a sesame bun),[10] Malaysia,[11] the Netherlands (Groenteburger=Vegetable Burger),[12] Sweden (McGarden),[5][13] Switzerland (Vegi Mac),[5][13][14] and the United Kingdom (Veggie Deluxe).[15][16][17]
In the USA as of April 2005, veggie burgers were available in Burger King restaurants, and its franchise Hungry Jack's,[18] certain Subways, Harvey's as well as many chain restaurants, such as Red Robin, Chilis, Denny's, Johnny Rockets, Ruby Tuesday's, and Hard Rock Cafe.
Non-meat burgers are sold in supermarkets worldwide and these products are often semi-prepared with a minimum effort to cook.[19]
The veggie burger, by name, may have been created in London in 1982 by Gregory Sams, who called it the 'VegeBurger'. Gregory and his brother Craig had run a natural food restaurant in Paddington since the 1960s.[20] A Carrefour hypermarket in Southampton sold 2000 packets in three weeks after its launch.[21]
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