McDonald's introduces brand new version of their McNuggets, but there is a catch

The original Chicken McNugget was first introduced on the U.S. menu in 1983, and it went international just a year later. Ever since, the McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets have been among their most popular menu items worldwide.

Now, the company is set to shake things up by introducing a plant-based version of their famous McNuggets. As reported by Associated Press, McDonald’s will be offering plant-based McPlant Nuggets starting February 22, but there is a slight catch. Read on to find out all the details.

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McPlant Nuggets by McDonald’s

For now, McDonald’s is introducing this new and exciting plant-based chicken McNuggets only in Germany.

The highly-anticipated nuggets are made from peas, corn, wheat, and tempura batter, using a recipe the fast food giant made in collaboration with Beyond Meat.

McDonald’s introduced the McPlant burger in the US at the end of 2021. Partnering with Beyond Meat, these burgers were designed to satiate the desire for meat burgers while being completely plant-based.

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McPlant burger did very well internationally, becoming a hit in countries like UK, Ireland, Austria, the Netherlands and Germany. Now McDonald’s is going even further and pushing this line to include McNuggets.

Incidentally, the McPlant burger has not really been successful in the US. As per The Street, sales of this plant-based burger tanked so hard when it was introduced, that even popular McDonald’s locations in California and Texas were only selling only about 20 of these vegan burgers a day.

Despite its failure in the US, the McPlant has been so popular globally that earlier this year, McDonald’s also launch Double McPlant burger in the UK and elsewhere.

Sources used:

AP News: ‘Fowl-free: McDonald’s debuts plant-based McNuggets’

The Street: ‘A McDonald's U.S. Failure Becomes a Global Hit’