--- title: Vegan Meatballs on IKEA Menus Soon description: Last spring, it was reported that IKEA was developing vegetarian meatballs, but now it looks like the meatballs will be fully vegan—using no animal products whatsoever. They're expected to be available at IKEA stores this April. authors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2015-01-28T19:36:46.000Z' modified: '2024-05-07T09:06:12.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Animal Rights - animals - Chipotle - Fast Food - Food & Drink - GoDaddy - Ikea - PETA - Super Bowl ads - Vegan - Vegetarian - White Castle word_count: 264 canonical: https://money.com/vegan-meatballs-ikea-chipotle/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Meatball dish of a Ikea food store inside their furniture store.](https://img.money.com/2015/01/150128_em_ikeaveganmeatball.jpg?crop=1114px%2C1574px%2C2673px%2C1504px&quality=85) Behold the power of the veggie and animal lover lobby! The movement can claim two big victories this week. First, a planned [GoDaddy Super Bowl ad](https://time.com/3685328/godaddy-puppy-super-bowl-ad/) was pulled after the "humorous" commercial—about a [puppy that's lost, then sold online](https://time.com/3684829/super-bowl-go-daddy-puppy-ad/)—was [widely criticized](https://garage.godaddy.com/godaddy/message-received-loud-clear/) for being offensive. "As someone who feels incredibly strong about animal rights, I am extremely offended by this commercial," reads a [Change.org petition](https://www.change.org/p/go-daddy-remove-the-super-bowl-2015-commercial) that pleaded with GoDaddy to drop the commercial and attracted 40,000 online signatures in one day. "Go Daddy is encouraging private breeding/puppy mills while shelter animals wait patiently for their forever homes or worse—to be euthanized. They are also encouraging purchasing an animal online; the animal could be sold to someone who runs a fighting ring, someone who abuses animals, or to someone who cannot adequately care for the animal." Then, on Wednesday, PETA (hat tip: [Grubstreet](http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/01/ikea-vegan-meatballs.html)) patted itself on the back for what was apparently the successful pressuring of IKEA into adding vegan meatballs to the menu. Last spring, it was reported that [IKEA was developing vegetarian meatballs](https://time.com/70650/ikea-vegetarian-meatballs/), but now it looks like the meatballs will be fully vegan—using no animal products whatsoever. They're expected to be available at IKEA stores this April. Meanwhile, large quick-serve restaurant chains have also been expanding vegetarian and vegan options. White Castle rolled out [veggie sliders](http://nypost.com/2014/12/30/white-castle-debuts-new-veggie-slider/) a few weeks ago, while [Chipotle](https://time.com/3683234/chipotle-free-burrito/) pumped up sales of its new sofritas vegan burrito with a special giveaway promotion on Monday. The deal, which promised a free burrito in the future with the purchase of a sofritas burrito on Monday, [sold out](http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/01/27/chipotle_sofritas_promotion_company_split_on_whether_to_honor_free_burritos.html?wpsrc=fol_tw) in some Chipotle locations. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/vegan-meatballs-ikea-chipotle/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Restaurants", "item": "https://money.com/restaurants/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Vegan Meatballs on IKEA Menus Soon" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/vegan-meatballs-ikea-chipotle/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/vegan-meatballs-ikea-chipotle/", "name": "Vegan Meatballs on IKEA Menus Soon", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2015-01-28T19:36:46.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/vegan-meatballs-ikea-chipotle/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/vegan-meatballs-ikea-chipotle/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-07T09:06:12.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Vegan Meatballs on IKEA Menus Soon", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2015/01/150128_em_ikeaveganmeatball.jpg?crop=1114px%2C1574px%2C2673px%2C1504px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "150128_EM_IKEAVeganmeatball" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brad Tuttle", "url": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/#author", "description": "Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals.\r\n\r\n", "image": "https://img.money.com/2014/01/Brad-Tuttle.png?w=226&h=247&crop=1", "alumniOf": "Columbia University School of Journalism, MS", "sameAs": [ "https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle", "https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2015-01-28T19:36:46.000Z", "description": "Last spring, it was reported that IKEA was developing vegetarian meatballs, but now it looks like the meatballs will be fully vegan—using no animal products whatsoever. 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