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By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<\/p>\n
Along with a detailed chart of vegetarian and vegan menu items, there are definitions of \u201cvegetarian\u201d and \u201cvegan\u201d on the Olive Garden website. Here is their definition of \u201cvegan\u201d: …Vegan is defined as not including animal meat, stock, rennet or gelatin from an animal or any animal by-products of any kind including honey. We’ve also outlined if the item contains egg, dairy or cheese (and what the source of the rennet is \u2013 microbial, animal, or vegetable). Because many of our recipes contain poultry, meat and fish products, our kitchens are not \u201canimal free.\u201d While we use safe food handling procedures, it is possible for any food item to come into contact with animal products during preparation and\/or cooking processes. If a dish or item is not on this list, you can assume that it is not…vegan.<\/p>\n The VRG lists here only the menu options designated as \u201cvegan\u201d on Olive Garden’s chart: Olive Garden also presents some information helpful to vegans on its FAQ page: http:\/\/www.olivegarden.com\/nutrition\/caloric-and-nutritional-information<\/a> Q: Is the dairy in your breadsticks in the bread or in the garlic topping? Q: Do your breadsticks contain egg or dairy? Q: Does your pasta contain egg? Q: Does your pasta contain dairy? Q: Is the minestrone soup vegan? Q: Does your marinara sauce contain dairy? There is a page on Olive Garden’s website about its \u201chandmade soups and sauces.\u201d http:\/\/www.olivegarden.com\/about-us\/hand-made-soups-and-sauces<\/a><\/p>\n There is no information on whether the minestrone soup or marina and tomato sauces contain sugar. Nor is it known whether the margarine in the breadstick garlic topping is dairy-free. There is no Ingredient Statement on the website. Interested diners should contact Olive Garden directly to find out more information.<\/p>\n The contents of this posting, our website, and our other publications, including Vegetarian Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgement about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n For information on other chain restaurants, see http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/fastfoodinfo.php<\/a> By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS Along with a detailed chart of vegetarian and vegan menu items, there are definitions of \u201cvegetarian\u201d and \u201cvegan\u201d on the Olive Garden website. Here is their definition of \u201cvegan\u201d: http:\/\/media.olivegarden.com\/images\/site\/ext\/pdfs\/olive-garden-veg-vegan_081516.pdf …Vegan is defined as not including animal meat, stock, rennet or gelatin from an animal or any animal by-products of any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10023"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10028,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10023\/revisions\/10028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhttp:\/\/media.olivegarden.com\/images\/site\/ext\/pdfs\/olive-garden-veg-vegan_081516.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2022\tbreadsticks
\n\u2022\tmarinara dipping sauce
\n\u2022\tminestrone soup
\n\u2022\tpasta selections
\n\u2022\tangel hair
\n\u2022\tcavatappi
\n\u2022\tfettuccine
\n\u2022\tgluten-free rotini
\n\u2022\trigatoni
\n\u2022\tsmall shells
\n\u2022\tspaghetti
\n\u2022\twhole wheat linguine
\n\u2022\tsauce selections
\n\u2022\tmarinara
\n\u2022\ttomato
\n\u2022\tsteamed broccoli<\/p>\n
\nHere are some of their Q&As:<\/p>\n
\nA: There is no dairy in our breadsticks or in the breadstick topping. The garlic topping is made from margarine.<\/p>\n
\nA: No. The breadstick \u2013 made with or without the garlic topping \u2013 does not include egg or dairy. The garlic topping is made with margarine. <\/p>\n
\nA: No. Our pasta does not contain egg, but our filled pastas like Cheese Ravioli and Ravioli di Portobello do have egg, and all of our pastas are cooked in the same pasta cooker.<\/p>\n
\nA: No. Our pasta does not contain dairy, but our filled pastas like Cheese Ravioli and Ravioli di Portobello do have dairy, and all of our pastas are cooked in the same pasta cooker.<\/p>\n
\nA: Yes. Our minestrone soup is vegan.<\/p>\n
\nA: No. The marinara sauce does not contain dairy.<\/p>\n
\nFor information on vegetarian and vegan restaurants in the USA and Canada, see http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"