McDonald's is launching their first ever fully vegan meal

McDonald’s is launching their first-ever fully vegan meal in January.

Yes, following on from big vegan food news like the Greggs vegan sausage roll and Ikea plant-based meatballs, McDonald’s will sell veggie dippers, approved by The Vegan Society.

Last year, they launched veggie red pepper and pesto goujons, which came in a wrap.

Although they didn’t contain any meat or dairy products in the ingredients, they weren’t sold as vegan because the wrap passed through the same toaster as buns that contained milk and the goujons weren’t prepared in a way that prevented contamination with any dairy products.

Now the new veggie dippers, made with the same red pepper, rice, sundried tomato pesto and split pea mix as the goujons, are going to be prepared separately from meat and dairy products, meaning they have been granted the full Vegan Society accreditation.

They will be available from 2 January – just in time for veganuary.

Fries have already been approved by the Vegan Society so for the first time, customers can order a fully plant-based meal at the fast-food chain. A meal will cost £4.99 or you can get four veggie dippers on their own for £3.29.

The veggie dippers will also be available as a fully vegan Happy Meal, which will cost £2.99.

Thomas O’Neill, Head of Food Marketing at McDonald’s UK & Ireland, said: ‘In the last 12 months we’ve seen an 80% uplift in customers ordering vegetarian options at McDonald’s, so it is time for the brand famous for the dippable McNugget to launch a dippable option for our vegetarian, vegan and flexitarian customers.

‘The Veggie Dippers are a delicious addition to our menu and we’re looking forward to seeing what customers make of our first vegan Extra Value Meal and Happy Meal in the New Year.’

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