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Plant balls: IKEA to rollout vegan 'meatballs' across UK stores

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 17 July 2020 •
The plant-based alternative to meatballs are being rolled out across IKEA stores from August 2020 | Credit: IKEA
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The plant-based alternative to meatballs are being rolled out across IKEA stores from August 2020 | Credit: IKEA

Swedish retailer claims plant-based alternative to its popular meatballs come with just four per cent of the climate footprint

IKEA is to begin offering a plant-based alternative to its popular meatballs across its UK stores from next month, in a bid to "make it as easy, accessible and affordable as possible to enable more sustainable...

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