Usually if you find yourself looking for vegan fast food you will be disappointed. But here are 5 fast food meals that will surprise you!
I hate fast food. How can something be good for you when it is so processed and prepared by people who are generally unhappy and underpaid? I don't think it can be. But sometimes you find yourself looking for vegan choices. This can happen accidentally when you are traveling or when you have a craving you can't control. Yes, I occasionally have fast food cravings, I admit it.
Looking for vegan fast food is like looking for ethics in congress. It's there somewhere but it's really hard to find. I can tell you that your breakfast options will be nearly impossible. It will depend on what restaurant options you have near you. Finding a vegan fast food meal for lunch is much easier. Allow me to be your guide and share with you 5 vegan fast food options you may not have know existed.
5 Vegan Fast Food Meals
I'm sure there are other options out there at different fast food restaurants. But these 5 choices come from personal experience. If you are interested in more we did an article a couple of months back that detailed 11 fast food recommendations for vegans. It was based more on which places are easier to order vegan options from. This article is about specific vegan fast food meals. You can read the other article here.
1. Pizza Hut Veggie Lovers Pizza
This is a simple, straight from the menu vegan meal. Just make sure they don't put cheese or butter on it and you are good to go. I should also mention Domino's Pizza also has a veggie pizza and they offer a gluten free crust as well. (I researched the Domino's gluten free crust when they first came out with it and it was vegan. I see now they have added honey to the ingredient list. Since I know a ton of vegans that eat honey I am leaving it in this article. But technically it is not vegan)
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That Monsanto , though .
Chipotle? Really? Do you mean the very obvious vegan option? Huh.
This isn’t accurate. Dominos gluten free crust is not vegan and pf chang only has 2 entrees on the menu that is vegan.
Pizza hut used to put broth and fat in their sauces, not sure if they changed that or not.
Moe’s has a lot of options too. We have a great big vegan festival in the park every year and they always have a booth.
Vegetarian does NOT mean Vegan….
You should make a vegetarian addict page
I don’t know how you vegans feel about Denny’s fries being cooked in the same oil as chicken, but I say no. Only vegan option there for me is a romaine salad.
PF Changs doesn’t really use cheese, it’s moreso the egg you have to make sure about.
I went to PF CHANGS for a family event and the waitress told me that every single plate there has sugar in it (making it non-vegan). We ate white rice and steamed veggies.
Also, the Denny’s burger… Is the bread vegan?
We eat Lil Ceasars thin crust with no cheese is vegan
We eat Lil Ceasars thin crust with no cheese is vegan
I personally enjoy dominos vegan gluten free pizza it’s amazing
What pizza hut….what about the cheese
But why support a company that is mainly crue??
PLEASE TELL ME HOW BUYING FROM MCDONALD’S IS STILL VEGAN??? THEIR WHOLE PROFIT IS ANIMAL ABUSE???
*even if McDonald’s wasn’t mentioned you’re still going to a company where meant/dairy are their main products and profits. No difference. You’re still funding animal cruelty. You might as well buy meat and dairy if you’re eating out at places like these. It’s like going to a Butcher shop but buying veggie patties.
You’re still supporting the butcher
By that same standard, patronizing any store or person that sells any animal product is a no go. So you can’t visit any grocery stores, restaurants (save for strictly vegan ones) or buy direct from most farmers (who are generally not vegan). Every grocery store I’ve been to also sells meat and/or other animal products, though…huh. Maybe there are some vegan food Co-op places and you’re lucky enough to live nearby, but a whole lot of people aren’t.
Shiloh June Wersen
They might be vegan but the crap in them will give you cancer.
So many adds can’t see the article
Perfect example of why people are turned away from becoming vegetarians or vegans. All the judgement and complaining like you’re not doing enough. Thanks for the post. Sad it’s hard to appreciate things sometimes.
I’m not buying it, sorry.
Sure are a lot of complainers here. Geez, it’s options for when you might find yourself in a bind…thank you for the info!
There are also lots of things you can get at Taco Bell that are vegan if you leave off cheese and in some cases the sauce! 🙂
Thank you sooo much. Went straight to dominoes after reading this post and my gf had her first pizza after a 3 year gluten strike. Thank you thank you thank you.
And there ya go. Gluten free vegan pizza from dominoes. Thank you again for the info. P.s it was amazing. I did add a lil more veggies when I got home but I just cant get enough of them.
I can’t say enough good things about Native Food Cafe!! It’s a no brainer for vegans…entire restaurant is vegan and you order at the counter and the waitstaff brings it out to you so I consider it pretty close to “fast food”. If you have one in your area I highly recommend it!
I go to Moes on occasion and say no dairy products. And they usually let me have free guacamole as a result.
Cue the people who say “You’re not REALLY vegan if you ever step food in fast food!!!”
Maoz Vegetarian and Chipotle are really the only chains I can give even a fraction of trust to at this point.
Taco Bell–7-layer burrito–no sour cream or cheese–add potatoes and pico de gallo
As far as pizza places are concerned, Little Caesars is another option
http://littlecaesars.com/OurMenu/Info/MobileVegetarianDiet.aspx
Jamba Juice is the only “fast food” I consider but I am a big juicer
Noodles and company has a good amount of vegan options
Mandi Hartman
thank you 🙂 sometimes travelling thru the US on business is difficult
What about the egg in the dough of the pizza?
For fast food… burger king has veggie burgers
They are very good, but you have to tell them no mayo.
They make the dough without egg
the problems is itmes being cooked with or near meats, no escaping that
Honey Is Not Vegan!!!!!
Wonderful….thanks for posting<3
If there is sugar in any of these products then they are not vegan..
Some of these fast food places have an ingredient in their breads by the name Cysteine – L. Look it up you will be disgusted!
Good to know! Thanks!
Tbhq, bht, EDTA , disodium isonate , msg and HFCS . no thanks.
Alex Stafford
Summer Dawn
Thank You so much for this info!! Great to know when traveling:)
Dustin Gladbach
Rebecca Tucker
Dustin Lee
Mika N Lawrence
What’s the point to be vegan if you’re going to support the meat industry
Kariine Lesperance
Fast food and Vegan is an oxymoron
Jack in the box & most other chain restaurants fry their meat & french fries in the same fryer. In n Out uses a separate fryer for their french fries.
If any of you is ever in San Diego, go to Evolution in downtown!
Cheryl M Milbauer
Nothing is near me Pizza Hut just closed
all the vegans i know love corporate fast foods.
Chang’s uses sugar(sugar that was refined and bleached using charred bones) in every sauce they make. Not really fast food, either.
I thought pizza hut used milk in the crust? Is this not a thing anymore?
Doesn’t sound like this post was researched before it was put up….
If you say you are a vegan and eat honey, you are not truly a vegan. Use agave nectar instead. No cruelty involved there.
My favorite fast vegan foods on the road when I tour with my band are organic apples and bananas, you don’t need anything else and you will be satisfied full and still able to poop. I have so much energy from eating this way. We always bring our nutri bullet, pull into the grocery, buy fruit and whip up smoothies as well. Pure energy food.
We either eat at chipotle or panera bread.
Ew
Danielle Cvetkovich
Pizza Hut uses sugar in the sauce. Sugar is made with animal bones. Ewwww
Or you can just find a grocery store with real food lol Cory Gustovich
Burger King has bean burgers.
I do not see any bean burgers on the BK site. They do have a veggie burger, but it is not vegan. It contains dairy.
Ewww
Zoey Moore
These are good in a pinch when you have absolutely no other options.
Lindsay V Howe
Jessica Juarez !!! Pizza Hut!!
Angela Huether
Mike Original
All this is bullshit I have to stop falling . The only place that it can have 100% vegan Manu I think is chipotle. The rest I don’t think so. You always posting non vegan stuff ..
BESIDES IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL MAKE YOUR OWN SNACKS……. FAST FOOD PLACES WOULD NEVER SEE MY MONEY CUS I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT ARE THEY GIVING ME.
There is dairy in the crust unless you get thin crust last time I checked (recently)
Suzanne Grace Rachel Beckwith did you know these??
Brett Wilson
Hey, anything is better than nothing
If I absolutely HAVE to have fast food, I get baked potatoes from Wendy’s. That’s pretty much it.
Jeff Schaeffer
I remember going to Burger King and asking for a vegan Whopper when I was a teen. Took them 45 minutes to try and figure out how to take the meat and stuff off lol
Subway’s veggie delight on Italian bread. The Italian white bread is vegan..others are not. I put spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, onions, and vinegar and oil on it..very tasty
Little Caesar’s makes their crust purposely vegan! Veggie pizza, no cheese. Pretty good! And cheap.
Sam Mackey Denny’s and Kamba juice!
I get a Mediterranean pita sandwich, no chicken no cheese whenever I go to Potbelly. Potbelly is a chain of “artisan” sandwiches, but I’m not sure how widespread they are– I know they are in Cincinnati and Baltimore. The sandwich comes with hummus, onions, lettuce, artichoke hearts, roasted red peppers, and whatever other veggies you want that they have. Mmmm mmm good!
Rebekah Sara
Starbucks oatmeal
Hold the GMOs, please…..
Neato
I guess a pretzel is a meal eh?
thanks for this, people often mistake why i went vegan but i didn’t go vegan because of taste of meat, i guess with.some but things like lamb (which is one of the cleaner meats if not the most!) & wild Alaskan salmon is amazing but no i went vegan because all the things that are going on in these industries & lets face it, what the powers that be do to our food, especially animal buy products, now i G.M.O.s are in veggies too but thats a easy fix, & its also kinda spiritual for me as well, if your not part of the hunt & the kill don’t eat it, when you eat these animals that have been basically tortured, your taking in all that negative energy, so there’s a few reasons why i went vegan & its not really just one answers! !!
Here is way to do fast food pick up a banana or an apple at a grocery store or at a gas station
Jeri Francine Ingram
Nicole Gaglione
Pizza Hut’s gluten-free crust contains egg whites.
Arby’s curly fried and apple turnovers!
Except for the fact it’s made on porous surfaces full of animal product. That tortilla they used? Probably got beef and sour cream on it. That lettuce? Yeah it’s got chicken juice in it. And don’t fool yourself, they never change their gloves between your vegan food and that last guys chalupa. This is ridiculous.
When did PFChangs become fast food?
Ashley Ross
Burger king has veggie burgers and you can order a lot vegan at taco bell ( just trade meat for beans or rice or potatoes and skip the dairy 🙂
Burger King’s veggie burger is not vegan. It contains dairy.
Panera, Subway, and Moe’s all have vegan options too.
Tori Wade
Lateef Lawal
The curry at pf chang’s has dairy in it.
Eliseo Rodriguez
Only 2 crusts at Pizza Hut are dairy-less. The skinny slice and the thin crust. All the others have dairy in them.
Jimmy johns also has a sammich that can be veganized.
Sweet
There’s way too many pop-ups and ads in your articles, I find myself just x-ing out bc they’re too tedious to read through. ?
Yay I sent the article to my parents to who are vegans as well
Chipotle get guac instead of sofritas, to me it’s yummier.
This is incredible! Thank you for taking the time to post this for everyone else to enjoy…
Jeni Roberts This is awesome!
Love the sofritas
I don’t want to give them my money to support meat and dairy farms just because they have these items though : /
Kimberlyn Lorance
Please remove PF Chang’s from this list – I can tell you based on a recent experience and long talk with servers and kitchen staff that the Vegetable Fried Rice is made with chicken stock, among other inconsistencies.
I was at PF Chang’s last September and was told that none of their menu items are vegan.
Stop complaining, buy vegan cookbooks, and get off your lazy ass and cook something at home. Problem solved.