Burgers without buns in demand

New York - Burger King has begun selling hamburgers - without the buns.

The move to sell breadless Whoppers has been prompted by the craze for low-carb diets.

Smaller chains have already dumped the bread from some hamburgers, going lettuce-wrapped instead.

The price of the new Burger King product is the same as a whopper with a bun.

Burger King took out a full-page advertisement in USA Today to tout its unlikely new product, showing a giant Whopper with dotted lines marking the outlines of where a bun would normally be.

The Miami-based chain is selling them in plastic salad bowls, with knife and fork, after reporting an increasing number of such requests over the past year.

It also is introducing Whopper meals that substitute salads for French fries and bottled water for soft drinks and promising a new line of salads, so company officials aren't staking their future on a bunless trend. -- Ananova News

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