This year marks 40 years since IKEA meatball was released, introducing a taste of Swedish food culture around the world. Throughout the decades, the traditional Swedish meatball evolved into different iterations, from the chicken ball to the plant ball. To celebrate the meatball’s 40-year milestone, IKEA will introduce its latest food ball: the falafel. The falafel ball will be produced in New Jersey, USA. Ingka Group (Ingka Holding B.V. and its controlled entities) is one of 12 different groups of companies that own and operate IKEA retail under franchise agreements with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. Ingka Group has three business areas: IKEA Retail, Ingka Investments and Ingka Centres.