IKEA’s popular veggie hot dog is now available in Canada. “Our aim is to provide food options that are healthy, delicious and good for our planet and so we are proud to introduce the veggie hot dog,” Brendan Seale, head of sustainability for IKEA Canada, said in a statement. At 75 cents, the new vegetarian menu item is the same price as the regular hot dog, but IKEA claims that its carbon footprint is roughly seven times less. The meat hot dog is 6.38 kgCO2eq/kg and the veggie 1.02 kgCO2eq/kg, according to Forbes. The veggie dog, it says, is part of a plan to provide affordable, sustainable foods that cater to the needs of more people.

Source: National Post October 03, 2018 13:02 UTC