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title: "Taco Bell Announces Expanded Vegetarian Menu Without Plant-Based Meats"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/dce27f28-199d-44f2-b1c5-844f33f33423
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/taco-bell-announces-expanded-vegetarian-menu-without-plant-based-meats-2710307
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
published: 2019-06-21T15:10:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:30:13.946Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/701ccaf6ec1641a9ff778fd0b862e5a25811.jpg
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# Taco Bell Announces Expanded Vegetarian Menu Without Plant-Based Meats

**TL;DR:** Taco Bell expands its vegetarian menu without plant-based meats, promoting the vegetarian ingredients it already offers. Taco Bell is currently the only American Vegetarian Association-certified fast-food chain in the country.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-06-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/taco-bell-announces-expanded-vegetarian-menu-without-plant-based-meats-2710307).*

## Story

In early 2019, Taco Bell announced that it would be testing a new vegetarian menu. While many fast food restaurants like White Castle, Burger King and Del Taco have embraced plant-based meats to positive reception, Taco Bell doesn’t seem to be joining the game any time soon. Instead, Taco Bell will be promoting the vegetarian ingredients they already offer. Taco Bell is currently the only American Vegetarian Association-certified fast-food chain in the country.

Julie Felss Masino, Taco Bell’s president of North American operations said to CNBC, “we’ve met with Beyond, we’ve met with Impossible, but I think what we’re proud of is that we’ve been doing vegetarian for 57 years.” Read the full story here.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Taco Bell (company)
- Burger King (company)
- Del Taco (company)
- fast food (topic)
- White Castle (company)
- vegetarian menu (topic)
- plant-based meats (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/taco-bell-announces-expanded-vegetarian-menu-without-plant-based-meats-2710307). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/dce27f28-199d-44f2-b1c5-844f33f33423).