McDonald’s, McCafes add OmniPork plant-based luncheon meat to menus in ‘groundbreaking’ move
- Over 400 McDonald’s and McCafes in Hong Kong and Macau have started selling six dishes featuring ‘OmniPork Luncheon’
- ‘This is the most monumental plant-based protein collaboration’ with a quick service restaurant, OmniFoods CEO and co-founder David Yeung says
Vegetarians in Hong Kong and Macau can now walk into McDonald’s and McCafe and eat something other than French fries and hash browns at the fast-food chain.
At McDonald’s, diners can try the luncheon meat fried with scrambled eggs in a burger; in a jumbo breakfast with pancakes, scrambled eggs, English muffins and a hash brown; and with a fried egg and twisty pasta soup. Meanwhile, at McCafe, the two options are OmniPork Luncheon with egg and cheese in a toastie; and with egg mayonnaise in a ciabatta.
The OmniPork luncheon meat used in the six dishes is 5mm thicker than that sold at retail and in other restaurants (15mm compared with 10mm), which gives it a meatier texture. This thicker cut will be exclusive to McDonald’s.
The prices differ depending on the franchise location, but in general the à la carte prices range from around HK$20 (US$2.60) for the OmniPork Luncheon and scrambled egg burger to around HK$28.50 for the OmniPork Luncheon and egg cheesy toastie.