Guest guest Posted February 19, 2001 Report Share Posted February 19, 2001 Hi All, A while back, someone asked if refried beans at a Taco Restaurant were vegetarian. I just came across this info, so, thought I would share. Lots more about restaurant's ingredients can be found at: http://www.natural-connection.com/resource/tnc_reference_library/fast_food.html I hope this helps. A. ;-) TACO BELL: No lard or tropical oils are found in any of their products or frying processes. Only corn or soy-bean oil is used. Their guacamole contains sour cream. The seven-layer burrito contains dehydrated chicken meat, found in the rice. Both the corn and wheat tortillas are vegan according to their main office. The Heat Pressed Tortilla does contain nonfat dry milk. The cheese contains either animal or vegetable rennet;this differs from store to store. Their Twists are vegan, containing only wheat, rice flour, corn flour, and salt. MSG is not found in any Taco Bell menu item, and they are currently testing a new line of salads. TACO JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL: Vegetarian items available include bean burritos made with refried beans cooked in canola oil. No lard or tropical oils are used in any products or food preparation. Both the nachos and Potato Ole's are also vegetarian, but are fried in the same oil as the meat products. The tortillas contain no animal shortening,but may contain dairy products. The guacamole is vegan. Any item on the menu can be made vegetarian by substituting beans for meat. If you are vegan, request no cheese or sour cream. The cheese Taco John's uses contains no animal rennet. TACOTIME: TacoTime uses vegetable oil for their deep fryers, and wanted to make it clear that they have never used lard in 33 years of business.Their Refritos are made with vegetable shortening. Tortillas are vegan.Vegetarian dishes available at TacoTime include soft bean burrito, crisp bean burrito, refritos (beans, sauce, and cheese), tostado, nachos, and Mexi-fries. They could not tell me for sure if vegetarian fried items,like the Mexi-fries, are cooked in separate oil from the meat products.When I last spoke to them they were in the midst of hiring a person who would deal with questions pertaining to ingredients and nutrition; so if you have any further questions for this company, you can call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2001 Report Share Posted February 19, 2001 WOW! This article is great! Thanks for the info. Crystal At 02:56 PM 2/19/01 -0600, you wrote: >Hi All, > >A while back, someone asked if refried beans at a Taco Restaurant were >vegetarian. I just came across this info, so, thought I would share. Lots >more about restaurant's ingredients can be found at: >http://www.natural-connection.com/resource/tnc_reference_library/fast_food. >html > >I hope this helps. > >A. ;-) > >TACO BELL: No lard or tropical oils are found in any of their products or >frying >processes. Only corn or soy-bean oil is used. Their guacamole contains sour >cream. >The seven-layer burrito contains dehydrated chicken meat, found in the rice. >Both >the corn and wheat tortillas are vegan according to their main office. The >Heat > >Pressed Tortilla does contain nonfat dry milk. The cheese contains either >animal or >vegetable rennet;this differs from store to store. Their Twists are vegan, >containing >only wheat, rice flour, corn flour, and salt. MSG is not found in any Taco >Bell >menu >item, and they are currently testing a new line of salads. > >TACO JOHN'S INTERNATIONAL: Vegetarian items available include bean >burritos made with refried beans cooked in canola oil. No lard or tropical >oils >are >used in any products or food preparation. Both the nachos and Potato Ole's are >also >vegetarian, but are fried in the same oil as the meat products. The tortillas >contain >no animal shortening,but may contain dairy products. The guacamole is vegan. >Any >item on the menu can be made vegetarian by substituting beans for meat. If you >are >vegan, request no cheese or sour cream. The cheese Taco John's uses >contains no > >animal rennet. > >TACOTIME: TacoTime uses vegetable oil for their deep fryers, and wanted to >make > >it clear that they have never used lard in 33 years of business.Their Refritos >are made >with vegetable shortening. Tortillas are vegan.Vegetarian dishes available at >TacoTime include soft bean burrito, crisp bean burrito, refritos (beans, >sauce, >and >cheese), tostado, nachos, and Mexi-fries. They could not tell me for sure if >vegetarian fried items,like the Mexi-fries, are cooked in separate oil >from the >meat >products.When I last spoke to them they were in the midst of hiring a person >who >would deal with questions pertaining to ingredients and nutrition; so if you >have any >further questions for this company, you can call. > > > >contact owner: -owner >Mail list: >Delivered-mailing list >List-Un: - > >no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed >contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list >or anything else. Thank you. >please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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