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McDonald’s joins plant-based bandwagon with “P.L.T.”

McDonald’s is following the trend of other major fast food chains to provide a plant-based meat option on their menu.  

McDonald’s has partnered with Beyond Meat to create the P.L.T., a plant-based burger with lettuce and tomato.

Ingredients in the burger include pea protein, rice protein and potato starch. The sandwich has 460 calories.

Consumer feedback on the sandwich will be gathered at nearly 30 locations in Ontario, Canada.

Several of McDonald’s competitors including KFC, Subway and Burger King have already launched plant-based meat menu items.