Jack,

I can't thank you enough for this information. I am sooooooooooo excited about this. I love the 7-layer burrito but always wish they would make a vegetarian crunchwrap because they always seemed so delicious. THANK YOU THANK YOU to Jack and Taco Bell, I know where I am going for dinner tonight!!!

Posted by: lindsey | April 25, 2007 05:00 PM

This is perfect timing because I'm going on a road trip to Chicago this weekend with my class, and when we take rest stops we've got to go to fast food. Thanks for the suggestions. :)

Posted by: Tessa | April 25, 2007 09:40 PM

I love their 7-layered burritos and was glad when I was at my local Taco Bell and noticed that the 7-layered crunchwraps were back but then remembered that they have those little red crunchy corn chips in them that might contain red dye #40 (crushed up beetles). I suppose that along with subtracting the dairy, I could omit the red chips just in case, but it's frustrating that I have to worry about beetles being in my food in the first place. Apparently insects are only allowed in a restaurant if they are an ingredient.

Posted by: Cuckoo4tofu (Chelsea D.) | April 25, 2007 11:22 PM

I bet the vegan thing is quite yummy!

the veggie burger from a&w is great too-its my favorite burger now!

Posted by: zodiac | April 25, 2007 11:33 PM

Hi! thanks for the information, but isn't TACO BELL owned by YUM foods who owns KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN? Why give your money to that company anyway? To give your cash to TACO BELL means you're giving it to KFC as well, as it's all the same?

Posted by: leslie | April 26, 2007 07:38 AM

I guess the thing is I just cant imagine putting anything from Taco Bell in my body. A typical lunch for me is steamed Kale under Tamari Roasted Tofu with a light Tahini Cream Sauce. Why give Taco Bell the money when you can eat like that?

Don't you have any local Veggie places that you can support instead? This boogles my mind, especially because of all the defending of PETA I have had to do as of late because of the Abolitionist vs. Welfare people fighting.

Eat local and healthy, not taco bell Jack :(

I still like you though...

Posted by: doug | April 26, 2007 11:17 AM

Hi again Jack,

I had two 7-layer crunchwraps for dinner and wished I ordered a third. They're my new favorite food!

Posted by: lindsey | April 26, 2007 11:48 AM

If you support justice and equality for all, that doesn't just stop with animals. I am a vegan and support animal rights, but I support human rights to an equal degree. Taco Bell is known to violate the basic rights of poor, mostly illegal laborers who pick their tomatoes. Tomatoes from Taco Bell are essentially the result of slave labor. So while I applaud you for opposing speciesism, please take into consideration the welfare and rights of members of your own species as well.

Posted by: Nick | April 26, 2007 12:48 PM

Dude, i just got back from TacoBell and the old lady there asked where my friend (meaning you) was. She went on to say something like "If you guys didn't come i wouldn't know what was up...". And she told me three times to "have a nice day, honey". Yet still she ID'd me when using my credit card...

Posted by: Joel Bartlett | April 26, 2007 01:33 PM

Apparently, Nick didn't hear that the campaign to get Taco Bell to pay it's farmers a little better was won almost 10 (maybe more) years ago.

Thanks for the tip Jack. Let's free the animals and the market. :O)

Posted by: Chris | April 26, 2007 01:41 PM

You can make it a 6-layer burrito by adding potatoes! The boyfriend used to work there so we have tons of fun ideas on how to make foods vegan at Taco Bell.

Posted by: starza | April 26, 2007 01:55 PM

Jack, Taco Bell is owned by the same company (Yum! Brands, Inc.) that owns KFC, which PETA has been campaigning against for years! In fact, the KFC locations where I organize protests at on behalf of PETA are combo KFC/Taco Bells.

Though one of my favorite fast food places (on the rare occasion I'm inclined to eat such food), I no longer eat there because of KFC.

It's good that they are promoting a vegetarian special, though.

Posted by: Andrew Z | April 26, 2007 03:56 PM

Jack,
It has been a long time question of mine...Is it ok to eat at taco bell since they are a sister company of the evil KFC? Doesn't the money all go to the same place? And, if I am eating a chicken soft taco does that mean that I am eating KFC style killed meat. I don't mean to ruin your expreriance because i share you passion for the Bell. What do you think

Posted by: alicia | April 26, 2007 04:22 PM

If you don't eat at the other Yum! Brand, Inc. restaurants because you are boycotting KFC, you also shouldn't be drinking any Pepsi CO. products or attending any events that Pepsi CO. sponsors.

I don't know if the other restaurants in YUM! (A&W, Pizza Hut and Long John Silvers) get their chicken from the same places. It would be good research to figure that out.

Posted by: lindsey | April 26, 2007 05:53 PM

personally i do avoid Pepsi product but admitedly there is such a wide range of there products from orange juice to athletic drinks it's hard to track exactly what they have their hands in

Posted by: Alicia | April 26, 2007 07:29 PM

Alicia--unless you are eating organic chicken (meaning it's raised in a natural environment), you are eating KFC-style meat. The entire industry is a nightmare for chickens. The reason we focus on KFC is because they sell more chickens than anyone in the world, and if they require change from the slaughterhouses which supply them, pretty much EVERY slaughterhouse will have to change.

Posted by: Canaduck | April 26, 2007 10:26 PM

I still can never imagine nourishing my body with Taco Bell?

You are what you Eat!

Posted by: doug | April 27, 2007 09:35 AM

Mmm. That sounds really good. I might even bike out to a Taco Bell tonight to grab a snack... Thanks for the heads up, dude

Posted by: dw | April 27, 2007 10:47 PM

I would never eat Taco Bell. They make most of their money selling animal corpses. Vegans should support ethical companies!

Posted by: Brandon | April 28, 2007 04:41 PM

i always loved taco bell, it was always my favorite, but i recently (been 6mths now and proud) became a vegitarian after realizing the horrors the animals suffer from factory farms, and worse yet the slaughter houses (not to mention transport suffering on the way to slaughter,but i;m gald to know taco bell now has a vegitarian food available, thanks for the info!! i know some don't support the idea of eating at taco bell, but look, we at least quit eating meat didn't we, i can't solve everything ok? but i do love all animals and their suffering does need to stop.

Posted by: nico | April 28, 2007 05:36 PM

I agree with Tessa! I heard they were made of beatles, too and beatles have feelings, therefore I don't get it.

Posted by: Tessa | April 28, 2007 07:23 PM

Thank you, Brandon! I can't believe all you vegans out there who are actually supporting ANY fast food company. They all make 99.9% of their money off of dead animals. I wouldn't even buy a soda at Taco Bell.

Posted by: Julia | April 28, 2007 08:51 PM

KFC and Taco Bell share the same cruelties. When I was still a vegetarian I used to eat the 7-layer burrito all of the time, until I realized the tortures the these companies put the animals though. I am now a vegan and try to only support places that either only serve organic foods or atleast do not widely support the evil industries of cruel treatment.

Posted by: Alice | April 28, 2007 10:28 PM

Yeah, I totally went out and bought 7 with a bunch of friends. They're good, thanks for the recommendation!

Dude, they look really funny. They should call it 'el UFO vegano'.

Joel--I don't blame the lady, I'd ID you too. You've got shifty eyes... jk :)

Posted by: drew | April 28, 2007 10:50 PM

The flour tortilla shells used at Taco Bell are NOT vegan. I believed this myself until I did further research. It contains "datem", which is not vegan.

Posted by: Brandon | April 30, 2007 01:41 AM

You might want to research what Taco Bell puts in its beans.

Posted by: roberta | April 30, 2007 11:58 AM

Red Dye Number 40 is not derived from the cochineal insect (but carmine, crimson, conchineal extract [duh], and carminic acid are). Most modern dyes are synthetic, and derived from petroleum and coal tar sources. Just thought I'd clear that up.

I'm proud that more places are offering vegetarian options to their menus--suddenly it's not so hard to fake being a meat eater when we go out to eat.

Posted by: Eric | April 30, 2007 10:01 PM

I for one LOVE the new 7 layer crunchwrap! I had one the other night and thought that it was delicious!!
I also understand why one would not approve of eating at a resturaunt that serves meat and make s 99% of it's profits from it. But I appreciate and respect the fact that fast food places like Taco Bell and BK are making an effort to accomodate vegetarians, and will also substitute in order to make your meal vegan.

Thanx Taco Bell!!

XO
Kaci

Posted by: Kaci | May 1, 2007 09:55 AM

glad ya'll think you're doing good and eating vegan at taco bell... but pretty sure there is nothing there that is actually vegan...

You might, I stress might, be able to get a vegetarian meal. No there isn't actually meat on your burrito or wrap or whatever, but it probably got animal in it somehow.

Posted by: Fran | May 25, 2007 12:52 AM

I think taco bell has great food and so does my boy friendbut i m curious what all they use to make some of there food....

Posted by: Savannah | July 4, 2007 04:45 PM

you are all crazy and should kill yourselves... scary vegans and veggie nutcases. "let's all become weak, stupid morons because we don't have a nanogram of protein from meat in our diets! wahoo!" stupid... it's not healthy physically or mentally. all of you should seek psychiatric evaluation.

kthxbyelol

Posted by: Anonymous | August 27, 2007 01:09 PM

7 layer crunch wraps are amazing. It's sad that they've stopped having them on the menu in some places (most recently I've noticed in California and Texas). However in Indiana, where I go to school, I can still order one despite its absense on the menu.

Posted by: Courtney | September 17, 2007 04:43 AM

It's fast food. Please don;t kid yourself into believing that it's anything more than the cheapest crap they can cram down your throat then why bother being a vegetarian. For the love of anything edible eat a decent meal for once!

Posted by: Billie K | September 22, 2007 12:03 AM

To all Vegetarian/vegan OXYMORONS...
Are your choices to not eat meat for moral reasons?So why the hell would you consiously support the K.F.C/Taco Bell chain knowing that their main attraction are meat products that come from Factory Farms?Although your not directly eating the meat,you still support the franchise...who will use the money you gave them to expand!Expansion for them means more animals lives will be slaughtered.Either way you still have blood on your hands.Think about it,otherwise continue on with your ignorant existance?

Posted by: Gypsy | October 15, 2007 02:07 AM

for god's sake, people, leave the man alone and thank him for helping us live for a day in the unfortunate real world having to eat craptastic fast food because we forgot our lunch or are simply stuck in the middle of the boonies. and doug, do you think jack wants taco bell over your roasted tahini lunch? of course not, but we do what we can.

Posted by: colleen | December 10, 2007 03:07 PM

The 'veggie' food is prepared on the same surfaces and cooked on the same grill/stove as the other food.

But as others have said, it is good at least to have a choice if fast food is what you have to eat.

Posted by: Stephanie | April 18, 2008 10:51 AM

I think what we all need to realize here is that yes, America is a sea of corporate-produced animal products. They may be CONVENIENT and easy to consume without much thought, but they are nothing more than CORPORATE PRODUCTS off the assembly line with little else in mind than making YUM! "foods" more money to expand and conquer our dietary choices when dining out even further. As vegans, we should not become comfortable trusting the same industries we are rebelling against. I'll admit, in my ignorant past I've eaten "vegetarian" items at T-bell, not really thinking about the implications. BUT PLEASE people, you all know better. Don't think for a second that there is ANY nutritional value in anything from a fast (junk)"food" assembly line.

Posted by: Jon | July 9, 2008 10:48 AM