Is Burger King Vegan? Vegan Options at Burger King

Burger King labels nothing on its US menu as vegan and says it makes no claim that the Impossible Whopper or any other product meets the requirements of a vegan or vegetarian diet, adding that the Impossible patty is cooked on the same grill as meat patties. By its own ingredient lists, though, the Impossible Whopper ordered with no mayo, the French fries, onion rings, Have-sies, hash browns, French Toast Sticks with syrup, Mott's applesauce and the ketchup, mustard, BBQ, Sweet & Sour and marinara sauces list no animal ingredients.

Vegan as served, per Burger King's own sources: Lettuce, Tomato and Onions, Pickles and Jalapeños, Impossible™ Whopper Patty, Sesame Seed Bun, Potato Bun, Flour Tortilla, Ketchup, Mustard, and 17 more in the table above. 2 more items are vegan with a change.

Order an Impossible Whopper with no mayo (it already comes without cheese), which leaves the Impossible patty, sesame seed bun, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, onions and pickles. Add French Fries or Have-sies, a fountain drink, iced tea or Freezee King, and ketchup, BBQ or Sweet & Sour sauce for dipping. At breakfast, French Toast Sticks with syrup and hash browns list no animal ingredients, but both come out of the shared fryer.

Not as served: Burger King's allergen chart lists egg for the Impossible Whopper, which comes from the mayonnaise, so order it with no mayo. Burger King also says it makes no claim that the Impossible Whopper or any other product meets the requirements of a vegan or vegetarian diet, and that the Impossible patty is cooked on the same grill as meat patties.

Yes. Burger King says every Whopper is prepared to order and gives "no mayo" as an example of a change you can ask for. Without the mayonnaise, the Impossible Whopper's listed components (bun, Impossible patty, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, onions, pickles) contain no animal ingredients.

By ingredients, yes: the French Fries list potatoes, vegetable oil, modified potato starch, rice flour, salt, leavening, dextrose and xanthan gum, cooked in corn, cottonseed, canola or soybean oil. Burger King's allergen chart marks the fries as cooked in a shared fryer, and the Nutrition Explorer lists wheat as a possible allergen through shared equipment.

The Onion Rings ingredient list has no animal ingredients, but Burger King names onion rings among the products fried in a shared fryer with the fish filet, chicken and pork sausage. The Nutrition Explorer adds that they may contain milk, fish and soy through shared equipment, so strict vegans may want to skip them.

The Sesame Seed Bun used on the Whopper and the Potato Bun list no milk, eggs or butter, and the Flour Tortilla uses a plant-oil margarine. The Croissant (butter, whey) and the Biscuit (buttermilk, whey protein) are not vegan, and Burger King toasts burger buns, sandwich buns and croissants in a shared toaster.

Ketchup, mustard, BBQ Dipping Sauce, Sweet & Sour Dipping Sauce and Marinara Dipping Sauce list no animal ingredients. Mayonnaise and Zesty sauce contain egg, Honey Mustard contains honey and egg yolks, Ranch contains buttermilk and egg yolks, and Buffalo contains egg yolks and a milk-based natural flavor.

Their ingredient list contains no milk or eggs, and the breakfast syrup served with them (corn syrup, sugar, water, caramelized sugar and flavorings) has none either. Burger King fries them in a shared fryer and its Nutrition Explorer says they may contain milk and fish through shared equipment.

The Hash Browns list potatoes, vegetable oils, dehydrated potatoes, salt, corn and wheat flour, natural flavoring and dextrose, with no animal ingredients named, though Burger King does not say whether the mono- and diglycerides in the dehydrated potatoes are plant-based. They are on Burger King's list of products fried in a shared fryer with fish, chicken and pork sausage.

No. The Hershey's Sundae Pie, soft serve, every shake and the chocolate chip cookies all contain milk, and the cookies also contain egg. For something sweet, Mott's Applesauce, the Freezee King frozen drinks and the Signature lemonades list no animal ingredients.

Burger King's US ingredient guide lists no plant-based milk or dairy-free creamer. Its Plain, Mocha and Vanilla Iced Coffees are made with Light Cream 18%, the Cold Foam it lists contains buttermilk, cream and sodium caseinate, and its kids' milks are dairy, so order brewed coffee or Black Iced Coffee instead.