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IKEA’s wildly popular veggie hot dog is now available in Canada. The plant-based frank is officially on the menu at all Bistro locations nationwide. The vegetarian sausage – made with kale, red lentils, carrots, ginger, quinoa, onion, potatoes and spices – is served on a bun with mustard, red cabbage and roasted onion.

“Our aim is to provide food options that are healthy, delicious and good for our planet and so we are proud to introduce the veggie hot dog,” Brendan Seale, head of sustainability for IKEA Canada, said in a statement.

At 75 cents, the new vegetarian menu item is the same price as the regular hot dog, but IKEA claims that its carbon footprint is roughly seven times less. The meat hot dog is 6.38 kgCO2eq/kg and the veggie 1.02 kgCO2eq/kg, according to Forbes. “The emissions factors are provided by external consultants and include all greenhouse gases,” a representative from Ikea told Forbes. “The carbon footprint of a product is estimated as the total emissions from the ingredients in the products divided by the mass of the product. The emissions are calculated using ingredient-specific emission factors covering all emission-related activities upstream in the supply chain.”

A chickpea-based version of the iconic Swedish meatball, dubbed veggie balls, paved the way for plant-based foods at the furniture giant in 2015. The veggie dog, it says, is part of a plan to provide affordable, sustainable foods that cater to the needs of more people. “We plan to continue to give our customers seasonal plant-based offerings throughout the year, including a plant-based ice cream expected to launch next year,” IKEA Canada said by email.

When IKEA first premiered its “rainbow” veggie dog in Sweden in February, it sold one million in a month. It rolled out across Europe and the U.S. in late September. The company says the classic frankfurter, which it started selling in 1981, will still be on offer. IKEA is one of the largest hot dog vendors in the world, selling more than 100 million each year.