Are Del Taco’s Cinnamon Churros vegan you ask? Those crispy traditional mini Mexican donuts sprinkled with cinnamon sugar…? We can all hope but let’s see if they are.
What are the Ingredients in Del Taco’s Cinnamon Churros?
According to Del Taco’s ingredient list
, the Cinnamon Churros contain:
Churro:Â Wheat Starch, Vegetable Oil (Contains One Or More Of The Following: Canola Oil, Cotton Seed Oil, Palm Oil, Soybean Oil), Yellow Corn Flour, Water, Sodium Caseinate, Egg, Egg Whites, Egg Yolk, Cinnamon, Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda), Guar Gum, Propylene Glycol, Sugar, Mono And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, BHT, Artificial Flavors
Are Del Taco’s Cinnamon Churros Vegan?
To answer your question… No, Del Taco’s Cinnamon Churros are NOT vegan. As you read through the ingredients, there is caseinate, which is derived from cow’s milk, chicken egg, egg whites and egg yolk.
The palm oil is problematic as well. While palm oil does not contain any animal ingredients, the retrieval of palm fruit is devastating to its natural environment. Knowing this, many vegans and environmentally conscious people choose to do their best to not consume products with palm oil.
Sugar is another ingredient that many vegans question due to the concern of whether the sugar was processed using bone char. After doing in-depth research a couple of years ago, most of the major companies that provide sugar for the United States no longer use bone char. Honestly, there was only 1 company I did not receive a response from.
Since we learned that, I no longer get hung up on sugar. This is also an ingredient that when you see people say the product is “accidentally vegan” it means that while the product was not intended to be vegan, it has 99.99% animal-free ingredients. The only ingredients we may not be able to know about would be the sugar and artificial/natural flavors.
Does Del Taco Offer Any Vegan Desserts?
Now that we know that Del Taco’s Cinnamon Churros are NOT a vegan option, does Del Taco offer any vegan desserts? I have to answer this for you because we are big fans of Taco Bell‘s certified vegan Cinnamon Twists. It would be awesome if Del Taco offered something as well.
Del Taco offers a few dessert options–donut bites, the mini cinnamon churros, caramel cheesecake bites and a variety of milkshakes.
Are any of them vegan? No. Not one of Del Taco’s desserts are vegan-friendly. The donut bites contain egg and dairy. We know about the cinnamon churros. The caramel cheesecake bites contain egg and dairy. And the shakes are all dairy.
To Wrap It up…
We have learned that unfortunately, Del Taco’s Cinnamon Churros are NOT vegan-friendly. We also learned that none of their desserts are vegan.
If you would like to see all of your vegan options at Del Taco, visit our Vegan Guide for Del Taco. Each item that is vegan as-is or can be modified to be vegan is listed along with how to modify, if need be.
We do our best to make it easy to order vegan at over 230 chain restaurants in the United States!
