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But British nutritionist Libby Limon has come up with a mega-healthy alternative: a burger that's made out of 50 ingredients that have names like "Wearnutkin 'boursin' cashew cheese" and "white matcha tea powder," including 21 antioxidant superfoods.
The Nutri-burger, which Limon created for Groupon, is billed as the "the world's healthiest burger" on the discount company's website.
Limon's creation substitutes of a grease-laden beef for a patty moulded out of beet, natto (a Japanese food made out of fermented soybeans), quinoa, and mushroom, sandwiched inside a matcha gluten-free brioche bun. Not only is the burger vegetarian - it's gluten and dairy-free, too.
It also amounts to more than the recommended daily consumption of five fruits and vegetables, and over 100% of the recommended daily allowance for fibre, vitamins A and C, and iodine, according to the Groupon page.
The burger is available to "buy" for free on Groupon, where buyers can download a recipe for the burger to make at home.
Buying the burger recipe also enters users into a competition to win the chance to eat the burger in real life at Magpie and Stump, a pub in central London, where it'll be served with sweet potato fries and a "chocolate" shake made with cacao, bee pollen, and activated nuts.
Here's a list of all 55 ingredients that go into the meal (50 of which are used in the burger and the remaining five for the fries and shake).
- Brown gluten free bread flour
- Matcha powder
- Stevia
- Fresh yeast
- Sugar
- Almond rice milk
- Water
- Organic egg
- Avocado oil
- Black sesame seeds
- Large red beet
- Red quinoa
- Red onion
- Garlic
- Cider vinegar
- Shiitake mushrooms
- Mustard seeds
- Natto
- Organic black beans
- Organic prunes
- Smoked paprika
- Wild oregano
- Ground white pepper
- Sichuan pepper
- Ground cumin
- Chaga powder
- Turmeric
- Shoney seaweed
- Coconut aminos
- Sumac
- Dijon mustard
- Duck egg
- Chia seeds
- Hemp protein powder
- Coconut oil
- Avocado
- Heritage tomato
- Kimchi
- Wearnutkin 'boursin' cashew cheese
- Watercress
- Purple sweet potatoes
- Orange sweet potatoes
- Black pepper
- Acai pulp
- Activated almonds
- Activated pecans
- Bee bread
- Bee pollen
- Cinnamon
- Cacao nibs
- White matcha tea powder
- Black raspberry powder
- Acai powder
- Maca powder
- Vanilla seeds