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, legumes, nuts, dairy products, mushrooms, soy, wheat, or eggs.
As of April 2005, veggie burgers were available in Burger King restaurants, and its franchise Hungry Jack's [1], certain Subways, Harvey's as well as many chain restaurants, including Red Robin, Chilis, Denny's, Johnny Rockets, Ruby Tuesday's, and Hard Rock Cafe.
In places such as India where vegetarianism is widespread, McDonald's and KFC serve veggie burgers.[2][3]
Non-meat burgers are sold in supermarkets worldwide and these products are often semi-prepared with a minimum effort to cook [4].
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.[5] A Carrefour hypermarket in Southampton sold 2000 packets in three weeks after its launch.[6]
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References
- ^ Hungry Jack's. "Veggie Burger". http://www.hungryjacks.com.au/menu_veggie%20burger. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ Meatless Burgers Gain Popularity Across America Rediff
- ^ McDonald's new TVC pushes McChicken, McVeggie products Indiantelevision.com
- ^ Australian Eatwell. "Vegetable Burgers". http://www.australianeatwell.com.au/show_cat.php?catid=1. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- ^ "The Vegeburger story". Chaos Works. http://www.chaos-works.com/vegeburger1.html. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ "And Here Comes the VegeBurger". The Observer. http://www.chaos-works.com/vegeburger4.html. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
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