article_snippet.sent: It changed the world with its flat-pack furniture and now Ikea wants to save the planet... with vegetarian meatballs.
article_snippet.sent: Green scheme: IKEA claims Green scheme will 'save the planet with Green scheme new vegetarian meatballs as  far less energy is needed both to produce and cook both than the pork and beef variety .
article_snippet.sent: Ikea is as famous for Ikea meatballs as Ikea cheap self-assembly furniture and UK customers often spend entire days inside Ikea large warehouses eating and shopping.
article_snippet.sent: Ikea now sells a staggering one billion of Ikea regular meatballs every year.
article_snippet.sent: In an interview with the Daily Mail, Ikea chief executive, Peter Agnefjall, said: ‘We are launching a vegetarian meatball.
article_snippet.sent: Meatballs are one of Sweden’s national dishes and as iconic as Volvo cars or the pop group Abba.
article_snippet.sent: Meatballs and Malm beds
article_snippet.sent: : IKEA is as famous for IKEA meatballs as IKEA cheap self-assembly furniture and IKEA sells one billion of IKEA regular meatballs every year .
article_snippet.sent: IKEA sells 5million meatballs in the UK annually and estimates IKEA has sold 11.6billion in the UK since 1987.
article_snippet.sent: – IKEA meatball even has IKEA own Facebook page.
article_snippet.sent: Meatballs are sold in Ikea’s restaurants for £3.80 and customer can also buy a frozen variety in IKEA Swedish Food Market for £4.35 for 1kg.
article_snippet.sent: IKEA was caught up in the international food fraud scandal in 2013 when IKEA emerged there was more than just beef and pork in IKEA meatballs.
highlights_snippet.sent: IKEA hopes to save the planet with chickpea and kale 'veggie balls'
  The 'non-meat meatball' also contains carrots, peppers and peas .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Swedish flat-pack firm sells one billion regular meatballs every year .