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“Twenty nuggets short of forever, purple at heart.”
“Patty of peas, spuds and rice — gone without a fries-to-go farewell.”
The McPlant was a vegetarian — and in the UK and Ireland, fully vegan — burger from McDonald's, built on a plant-based patty made from potatoes, peas and rice. It emerged from a 2021 partnership with Beyond Meat, the Los Angeles plant-based meat maker, and arrived in the UK in January 2022 after tests the previous October. Fans included vegans, flexitarians and the merely curious, all of whom could finally order the
The McPlant spread across Europe in various forms — vegan with special sauce in the UK, Ireland and Slovenia; cheese-topped variants in Austria, Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands. Its story was one of transformation rather than tragedy: when it launched in Germany in February 2023, it replaced the beloved Fresh Vegan TS burger, ruffling some vegan feathers even as it took up the torch. By 2022, the version fans k
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“Twenty nuggets short of forever, purple at heart.”
“It taught the world JavaScript one small hop at a time. Certificate pending, forever.”
“One chip, countless tears, and a legend too hot to stay on the shelf.”