Is Del Taco Vegan? Vegan Options at Del Taco

Del Taco works for vegans with simple swaps, but it has had no plant-based meat since it said in October 2025 that it was discontinuing Beyond Meat. The vegan core is its lard-free pinto beans, cilantro lime rice, guacamole, salsas and red or green sauce in flour or corn tortillas, plus Crinkle Cut Fries and Hashbrown Sticks, which Del Taco itself labels vegan.

Vegan as served, per Del Taco's own sources: Pinto Beans, Crinkle Cut Fries, Chips & Fresh House-made Guac, Fresh House-made Guacamole (Side or Scoops), Hashbrown Sticks (5 Pc.), Red Sauce, Green Sauce, Salsa Casera, and 16 more in the table above. 8 more items are vegan with a change.

Order a Jack'd Up Beans, Rice, & Cheese Burrito with no cheese, or an 8 Layer Veggie Burrito with no cheese and no sour cream, and add a scoop of guacamole. Add Crinkle Cut Fries or Chips & Fresh House-made Guac, use Red Sauce, Green Sauce, Mild Sauce, Del Scorcho or Del Inferno, and drink a fountain soda, Real Strawberry Lemonade or black hot coffee. Skip Secret Sauce, Ranch, Chipotle Sauce, Burger Sauce, queso, sour cream and anything served on Big Fat Taco flatbread.

Yes. Del Taco marks its Crinkle Cut Fries with a vegan icon, and the ingredients are potatoes, vegetable oil, dextrose and sodium acid pyrophosphate. They are cooked in frying oil that Del Taco says is also used for menu items that could have meat in them, and it says it cannot confirm that any of its ingredients avoided contact with meat products.

Del Taco's beans contain no lard. Both regional ingredient statements list pinto beans, salt and plant-based seasonings with no animal ingredients, and Del Taco's allergen list marks Pinto Beans vegan. One supplier's version includes dried soy sauce, so the beans can contain wheat and soy.

No. Del Taco said on X on October 10, 2025 that, due to low sales, it had decided to discontinue Beyond Meat at all locations, while still exploring new plant-based items with Beyond Meat. Its current menu has no plant-based meat, so beans are the only vegan protein.

Red Sauce, Green Sauce, Salsa Casera, Pico De Gallo, Mild Sauce, Del Scorcho Sauce, Del Inferno Sauce and ketchup are all flagged vegan on Del Taco's allergen list. Secret Sauce, Ranch Sauce, Chipotle Sauce and Burger Sauce are flagged for milk and egg, and the queso and sour cream are dairy. Roasted Salsa Roja carries no vegetarian or vegan mark, so ask before using it.

Yes for the flour tortilla, corn tortilla and crunchy taco shell, which list no animal ingredients. The exception is the thick flatbread used for Big Fat Tacos, which contains nonfat dry milk.

Yes. Del Taco's allergen list flags both House-made Guacamole and Chips & Fresh House-made Guac as vegan. The web menu shows only a vegetarian icon on the guac items, but the guacamole's ingredients (avocado, tomato, onion, cilantro, lime juice and seasoning) list no animal products.

No. Del Taco's seasoned beef includes textured vegetable protein made from soy flour, but beef is the first ingredient. Swap any taco or burrito with seasoned beef for a bean-based item instead.

Yes. Del Taco gives its Hashbrown Sticks a vegan icon, and the ingredients are potatoes, vegetable oil, dextrose, natural flavor, salt and sodium acid pyrophosphate. They are fried, and Del Taco says its restaurants use the same frying oil for menu items that could have meat in them.

No. The Mini Cinnamon Churros contain sodium caseinate and egg, the Caramel Cheesecake Bites contain cream cheese, whey and egg, and the shakes are milk-based. Del Taco lists these as vegetarian, not vegan.

Hot Coffee is flagged vegan on Del Taco's allergen list, so order it black. The Coffee Creamer, the Iced Coffee and every Dirty Del are flagged for milk.