When it comes to including vegan options on their menu, Five Guys has unfortunately been known to lag behind many other fast-food chains, being very slow to modernize their food offerings, which many people have criticized them for.
Luckily, Five Guys has at least made somewhat of an effort to introduce a few more plant-based snacks on their menu over recent years so that they don’t alienate vegetarians and vegans, something they had been doing for many years up to this point.
If you’re someone who follows a vegan diet, you luckily still have several tasty and nutritious items that you can enjoy when your friends or family are picking up some food from Five Guys, and you also want something to snack on.
So that you know exactly what to order, we’ve compiled a full list of all the vegan menu items that Five Guys offers its customers at this time right here!
Five Guys Veggie Sandwich
The veggie sandwich is quite a strange item as while the name implies that it should be perfectly safe for vegans to eat, the buns actually contain traces of milk and egg, so it actually isn’t vegan-friendly when it is prepared normally.
What many people have been doing, and a modification that has actually become quite popular among food enthusiasts across TikTok, is using the lettuce as the ‘buns’ and then adding in any of the available toppings that you like the taste of the most.
This certainly isn’t an ideal way to enjoy a sandwich, but the lettuce is still firm enough in its texture so that it is still at least slightly crunchy, making it the best ingredient as a substitute for the buns.
These are the toppings that are available to you when modifying the veggie sandwich:
- Lettuce
- Tomato Slices
- Grilled Mushrooms
- Grilled Onions
- Jalapeno Peppers
- Green Peppers
- Raw Onions
Five Guys Vegan French Fries
Five Guys’ french fries and cajun fries are both vegan-friendly. This is because they are both cooked with no cholesterol 100% peanut oil, and since the only other ingredient is the potato itself, it means they don’t contain any products or ingredients derived from animals.
Because the bulk of Five Guys’ menu is made up of burgers, this also means that the fries are the only menu items that are actually fried before they are served, so you also won’t need to worry about cross-contamination with the meat.
When it comes to the cajun fries, the cajun seasoning is simply made from a combination of garlic, salt, onion, oregano, red pepper, white pepper, and a hint of spice to make them a little more fiery on the tastebuds.
Five Guys Peanuts
Every customer who orders any food from the Five Guys menu will also be offered free peanuts, which are completely vegan-friendly since they aren’t covered with any extra ingredients or additives.
Many people will actually pair the Vegan Sandwich, fries, and peanuts together to create a vegan meal.
Not only is this vegan-friendly, but it is also much healthier than any other meals found on the Five Guys menu and is packed full of nutritional benefits including the high levels of protein from the peanuts and the extra vitamins from the veggies.
Five Guys Vegan Sauces
Luckily, Five Guys does offer a few vegan sauces that you can pair up with your fries to help make them a little more flavorful. Here is the full list of all the vegan-approved sauces that you can order, along with some fries at Five Guys currently.
- BBQ Sauce
- Ketchup
- Relish
- Mustard
- A1 Original Steak Sauce
- Hot Sauce
Do Five Guys Offer An Impossible Burger?
These days, it can seem like every fast food chain is racing to see who can make the best plant-based impossible burger, but despite burgers making up nearly the entirety of their menu, Five Guys do not yet offer one themselves.
The Impossible Burger is an item that can immediately make a restaurant or fast food chain accessible to a much larger range of people, so we have no doubt that Five Guys will recognize its potential and include it at some point in the near future.
Do Five Guys Offer Vegan Milkshakes?
This is yet another area where Five Guys is lagging behind many of its competitors since they also haven’t taken a step towards introducing vegan milkshakes onto their menu either.
Many modern restaurants and fast food chains have begun using frozen bananas and dairy-free ice cream to create their milkshakes as opposed to simply using milk.
These ingredients still work very well at making the texture and consistency of the drink smooth and creamy while also keeping it much more nutritious and accessible to vegans.
Final Thoughts
While many of its competitors have been upgrading and expanding their menus to include more vegan meals and snacks, Five Guys has unfortunately been a lot slower to embrace this change, with only a small selection of its products being completely plant-based.
Considering just how many vegan burger alternatives are becoming available, though, with two of the most popular being the impossible burger and beyond burger, it’s very likely that Five Guys will include some variant of the plant-based patty on their menu soon enough.
