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B.C.-based A&W Canada says it is the first national burger chain to eliminate processed cheese from its menu.

As of Monday, the fast food franchise says all A&W menu items featuring cheese are being served with real Canadian cheese, made without artificial flavours, colours, or preservatives.

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“Year-after-year A&W has made substantial changes to meet the needs of our guests. What’s better than a Teen Burger topped with real Canadian Cheddar?” said Susan Senecal, A&W Canada’s president and CEO. “We believe that sourcing simple, great-tasting ingredients, farmed with care is the right thing to do. Serving real cheese instead of processed cheese was the logical, and delicious, next step.”

A&W also announced Monday that they have restocked the popular plant-based Beyond Meat Burger, which debuted in July and became the franchise’s most successful new product launch ever.

The meaty-tasting veggie burger, made from protein-rich pulse crops, like peas, mung beans and beets, was so popular that the company ran out of stock by mid-August.

A&W is Canada’s second largest hamburger chain with more than 930 locations coast-to-coast.