McDonald's Corp. found itself in quite a bind after an investigation revealed that chicken nugget supplier OSI Group LLC. had been mixing expired meat with newer supplies. As a result of the scandal, McDonald's pulled all chicken and other items from menus at several locations throughout China and Japan.

But now it would seem Japan's highest grossing restaurant chain wants to make up for taking away people's poultry, by offering them tofu nuggets instead.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the new Tofu Shinjo Nuggets will be made from ingredients that include "onions, soybeans, carrots, and minced fish." It will also be lower in calories than the chicken nuggets and served with a ginger dipping sauce. A McDonald's spokesperson said the tofu nuggets had been in development prior to the expired meat scandal. The timing of their release, it's assumed, was pure "luck."

Although, considering all the chemical gunk they pour into this stuff anyway, I can't say vegetarian chemical gunk sounds all much more appetizing anyway.

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