McPicanha will return to the menu with a new name

After removing the two sandwiches from the Novos McPicanha line from all its restaurants in the country, McDonald’s announced, on Friday night (29), that the snack will return, but with a new name.

In a video on his Instagram page, the fast food giant said he “vacillated in choosing the name of the new sandwich”.

“Sorry, guys! We hesitated on the name of our new sandwich. That’s why we decided to remove it from the menu. But soon the sandwich with the biggest meat in Méqui and the delicious picanha-flavored sauce is back. name and with the same flavor that the crowd loved”, announced McDonald’s in the video.

This Thursday (28), after the Ministry of Justice, Procon of São Paulo, Brasília and Conar asked for explanations for consumer complaints that McPicanha does not have steak in the composition, McDonald’s apologized “if the chosen name generated doubts”. Soon after, the Novos McPicanha line snacks disappeared from digital menus and restaurants across the country.

According to the company, “the newly launched platform called Novos McPicanha was named precisely to provide a new experience to consumers with the exclusive picanha-flavored sauce, a new presentation and a different hamburger in composition and size (100% beef, produced with a blend of selected cuts and in the largest size currently offered by the chain)”.

The Ministry of Justice has given a period of ten days for the company to send clarifications about possible misleading advertising, says in a note to Senacon (National Consumer Secretariat), linked to the folder.

The sale of snacks had already been suspended by Procon-DF and the company was notified to give answers about the advertising and composition of sandwiches until May 2 by Procon-SP.