Subway's Veggie Max is NOT Vegan!!
Friday, March 21, 2008
I'm going to be traveling for the next two weeks and I will not have access to the internet. Consequently this will be my last post until I get back. But don't despair, I'm sure to have lots of new travel destination news to write about when I get back.
Last week I was shopping at a Walmart that had Subway Sandwiches inside. It had been way too long since I'd eaten so I decided to ask if I could just buy a whole wheat roll. I told the clerk that I was a vegan and she pointed out that they had a "no fat, vegan patty" called the Veggie Max. Being way too trusting I ordered it.
After emailing Subway for a list of ingredients I learned that the Veggie Max is NOT a vegan burger. It has eggs in it and each patty has 10mg of cholesterol. So while it may be perfect for vegetarians, it is definitely not for vegans.
Here is the list of ingredients that I was given:
Mushrooms, water chestnuts, onions, carrots, green and red bell peppers, black olives, textured vegetable protein (soy protein concentrate, wheat gluten), egg whites, cooked brown rice, rolled oats, corn oil, calcium caseinate, soy sauce (water, soybeans, salt, wheat). Contains 2% or less of the following: onion powder, corn starch, salt, hydrolyzed corn, soy and wheat protein, sucrose, soy protein isolate, spices, garlic powder, dextrose, jalapeño pepper powder, and celery extract.
Have you tried a vegan veggie burger that was particularly good - or bad? Leave a comment and let us know what you did or didn't like about it.
Have a fabulous Spring Break and I'll be back before you get rid of all your holiday dinner left overs.
Labels: Subway, Vegan, Vegetarian, veggie burger
