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The low-carb Atkins diet has really hit the mainstream. The delicious-looking
\n offering pictured above is the newest item in the Burger King menu –
\n a Whopper, hold the bun. Hope it works out better for them than for the
\n Dowbrigade, who has gotten into trouble in the past for bun holding…..<\/p>\n
\nCHICAGO (AP) – It has come to this in America: Burgers are losing their
\n buns. Some of them, at least. Burger King’s rollout of breadless Whoppers
\n this week is a nod to the low-carb craze that’s sweeping the nation –
\n and the latest evidence that the burger wars are taking a turn for the
\n healthy.<\/p>\nSmaller chains Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. dumped the bread from some hamburgers
\n last month, going lettuce-wrapped instead, and TGI Friday’s restaurant
\n has started serving a bunless cheeseburger, too.<\/p>\nMcDonald’s and Wendy’s, the other two largest burger purveyors, aren’t
\n biting on bunless for now. Spokesmen for both those chains, which have
\n added entree salads and taken other steps to assuage customers’ diet
\n concerns, said Wednesday they have no plans to include bunless burgers
\n on their menus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nfrom the AP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The low-carb Atkins diet has really hit the mainstream. The delicious-looking offering pictured above is the newest item in the Burger King menu – a Whopper, hold the bun. Hope it works out better for them than for the Dowbrigade, … Continue reading