The Veg*n Fast Food Report
This weekend I discovered, amidst airport food desperation, that the ingredients to BK's Dutch Apple Pie are vegan. Spurred on to find further knowledge for those un-vegan times and locations, I provide you with the following key results.
McDonald's Products
Hash Browns
Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef source), salt, corn flour, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate added to maintain natural color, and spice. Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil).
Verdict? Not even vegetarian, due to "beef source"!
Baked Apple Pie
Pastry: Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, lecithin, artificial flavor and color), water, sugar, may contain 2% or less of the following: yeast, salt, L-cysteine (dough conditioner). Filling and topping: Apples, high fructose corn syrup, water, sugar, food starch modified, sorbitol, may contain 2% or less of the following: dextrose, sodium citrate, sodium alginate, dicalcium phosphate, spices, salt, brown sugar, citric acid, apple powder, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural (vegetable source) and artificial flavors.
Verdict? Vegan!
French Fries
Potatoes, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural flavor (beef source), dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate (to preserve natural color). Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). Salt.
Verdict? Not even vegetarian, due to "beef source"!
Burger King Products
BK VEGGIE® BURGER
Vegetables (Mushrooms, Water Chestnuts, Onions, Carrots, Green Bell Peppers, Red Bell Peppers, Black Olives), Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Protein Concentrate, Wheat Gluten, Water for Hydration), Egg Whites, Cooked Brown Rice (Water, Brown Rice), Rolled Oats, Corn Oil, Calcium Caseinate, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Wheat), Onion Powder, Corn Starch, Salt, Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy, and Wheat Protein, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavors from non-meat sources, Sugar, Soy Protein Isolate, Spices, Garlic Powder, Dextrose, Jalapeño Pepper Powder, Celery Extract. Contains: Soy, Wheat, Milk and Egg. This is NOT a vegan product.
Verdict? Vegetarian, but not vegan.
ONION RINGS (FRIED)
Rehydrated Onion, Bleached Wheat Flour, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Sugar. Contains 2% or less of each of the following: Gelatinized Wheat Starch, Corn Starch, Calcium Chloride, Modified Food Starch, Methyl Cellulose, Salt, Fructose, Guar Gum, Sodium Alginate, Dextrose, Yeast, Sodium Bicarbonate, Glucano Delta Lactone, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Natural† and Artificial Flavors, Grill Flavor, Garlic Powder, Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose, Sorbitol. †Natural flavors from plant sources. Contains Wheat.
Verdict? Vegan!
HASH BROWN ROUNDS (FRIED)
Potatoes, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Shortening, Dehydrated Potato Flakes (Potatoes, Mono- and Diglycerides, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Citric Acid), Salt, Corn Flour, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Natural† Flavoring, Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate (to promote color retention), Dextrose. †Natural flavors from plant sources. Contains Wheat.
Verdict? Vegan!
DUTCH APPLE PIE
Apples, Water, Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), High Fructose Corn Syrup, partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil and or Cottonseed Oil), Sugar, Food Starch-Modified, contains less than 2% of each of the following: Enriched Bleached Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Margarine (partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Mono- and Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Artificial† Flavors, colored with Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Palmitate), Wheat Starch, Apple Juice Concentrate, Soybean Oil, Dextrose, Salt, Silicon Dioxide, Xanthan Gum, Cinnamon, Malic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate (Mold Inhibitor). †Artificial Flavors from Plant Sources. Contains wheat and soy.
Verdict? Vegan!
FRIED PRODUCTS
All of our fried products are fried in Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil.
PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Dimethylpolysiloxane, an antifoaming agent added.
Verdict? Vegan!
http://www.bk.com/Food/Nutrition/ingredients.aspx
In short, Burger King has significantly better options, limited as they may be. You can't even eat the fries at "Mickey D's"...basically, it's either their apple pie, or you're fucked.