These are some items listed as vegan on the Del Taco website:
Chips & Fresh House-made Guac
Crinkle Cut Fries
Pinto Beans
Seasoned Black Beans
Snack Taco Shell
Tortilla
Tortilla Chips
Del Taco states:
“Please be advised that there is a possibility for cross contact with allergens and animal products within Del Taco kitchens and prep areas. A vegetarian diet does not include any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or by-products of animal slaughter. A vegan diet avoids animal foods such as meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish, dairy, eggs and honey.”
“*Please be aware that our restaurants use the same frying oil to prepare menu items that could have meat in them. All vegetarian ingredients may possibly come into contact with meat ingredients, which may be unacceptable to particular kinds of vegetarian eating plans. We cannot confirm whether any of our ingredients did not come into contact with meat products. This holds true for Del Taco and/or our franchisees.”
For more info, see https://deltaco.com/files/pdf/2023/allergens-05-2023.pdf?v=1
In addition, a Vegetarian Resource Group reader wrote: “Hello! I use your website a lot when I eat at the big food chains so I wanted to contribute too now that I have a chance to. I reached out to Del Taco to confirm their cheese enzymes are not from an animal source.”
Del Taco responded: “Thank you for reaching out to Del Taco. In answer to your question about Del Taco’s cheese products, our cheese products contains microbial rennet and is not derived from an animal source.”
For more on other restaurant chains, see https://www.vrg.org/fastfoodinfo.php
For information about veggie restaurants in the USA and Canada, see https://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php
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