Arby’s just launched its first-ever hamburger, and it’s made with Wagyu beef

(WGHP) — Arby’s likes to declare, “We have the meats,” but there is been just one notably missing from the menu: the hamburger. That is, right up until now.

For a minimal time, Arby’s will provide the new “Wagyu Steakhouse Burger” for $5.99. The burger is set to be available for about a thirty day period from Monday via July 31. The burger will come with American cheese, shredded lettuce, pickles, pink onion, tomato and burger sauce all amongst a brioche bun.

Arby’s, known for its roast beef sandwiches, has never sold a hamburger, so even though it could seem to be to be typical fare in the quick foods entire world, it’s rather groundbreaking for this chain. And they’re not stepping in bit by bit.

Arby’s new Wagyu Steakhouse Burger is produced applying a blend of your typical floor beef as very well as Wagyu beef. In the culinary entire world, Wagyu is the crème de la crème, known not only for its taste but its rarity.

Wagyu beef is beef made specifically from one particular of 4 breeds of cow—Japanese Black, Japanese Polled, Japanese Brown and Japanese Shorthorn—all of which originated (shock, shock) in Japan. The phrase “wagyu” basically indicates Japanese cow.

If you’re pondering, “What’s the huge deal? It is just a cow from Japan,” the American Wagyu Affiliation is satisfied to teach. The group claims on its web page:

“The exceptional flavor and tenderness of very marbled Wagyu beef would make for an unrivalled having practical experience. That is why Wagyu beef is obtaining its way into the repertoires of Connoisseur cooks and fantastic places to eat across the US.

Not only is it a gastronomic delight, but it is healthy for you way too. Health specialists have discovered the mono-unsaturated to saturated unwanted fat ratio is bigger in Wagyu than in other beef and, the saturated excess fat contained in Wagyu is distinct. Forty per cent is in a model named stearic acid, which is regarded as owning a nominal effects in increasing cholesterol amounts. The profile of marbled Wagyu beef is more effective and more healthy to human well being.

So why is Arby’s using this stage?

“There are too numerous poor burgers out there,” Arby’s suggests on its site. “That’s why Arby’s developed THIS burger with Wagyu beef, cooked medium-very well with a trace of pink.”