Veggie burger

A veggie burger is a vegetarian hamburger. The patty of a veggie burger can be made from vegetables, legumes, nuts, dairy, mushrooms, soy-derived textured vegetable protein (TVP), wheat gluten, eggs, or a combination of these. They are sometimes vegan.

Veggie burgers are available in a growing number of fast-food restaurants in North America, but availability may vary geographically or even among particular restaurants of the same franchise. As of April 2005, veggie burgers were available in all Burger King restaurants and certain Subways, as well as many chain restaurants, including Red Robin, Chilis, Denny's, Johnny Rockets, Ruby Tuesday's and Hard Rock Cafe. Many "greasy spoon" cafes as well as top-of-the-range eateries also offer veggie burgers as an option. In places such as India where vegetarianism is widely popular, McDonald's serves veggie burgers, as it is one of the primary hot sellers.

Non-meat burgers made by Boca, Gardenburger, and Morningstar Farms are sold extensively in supermarkets across America and Canada.

The first veggie burger was created in London in 1982 by Gregory Sams, who called it the 'VegeBurger'. Gregory and his brother Craig had run a famous natural food restaurant in Paddington since the 1960s. A Carrefour hypermarket in Southampton sold 2000 packets in three weeks after its launch, which was reported in The Observer newspaper on February 27, 1983.

See also

• Meat analogue
• Okara
• Veganism
• Vegetarian food
• Vegetarianism

References

External links

• Veggie Burger Recipes