By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS
\nVRG Research Director<\/p>\n
A staff member at the VRG spotted a July 2012 post at http:\/\/blogs.miaminewtimes.com<\/a> written by a vegan who asserted that at P.F. Chang\u2019s, \u201c\u2026all the dishes are cooked in oyster sauce [and so are not vegetarian or vegan.]\u201d Since this information was contradictory to what we reported in 2008 about the P.F. Chang\u2019s vegetarian-labeled menu items, (http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2008issue4\/2008_issue4_whos_veggie_friendly.php<\/a>), we contacted the chain to see if there had been an ingredient change.<\/p>\n The Marketing Coordinator at P.F. Chang\u2019s told us in August 2012 that he would contact Chang\u2019s Culinary Department to determine if the oyster sauce was animal-based. The Culinary Department relayed to him that: \u201c\u2026all of our vegetarian-marked items on our menu do not contain any seafood or animal products. Our ‘Vegetarian Oyster Sauce’ is actually made with mushrooms and no actual oyster or shellfish.\u201d<\/p>\n The VRG also asked the Marketing Coordinator at P.F. Chang\u2019s if any of the menu items noted as \u201cvegetarian\u201d contained honey, egg, or dairy ingredients. He assured us: \u201cNo, they do not, and as long as cane sugar is not an issue all of the items marked \u2018vegetarian\u2019 on our menu can also be considered \u2018vegan.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n More information about the vegetarian menu options at P.F. Chang\u2019s may be found on their website: http:\/\/www.pfchangs.com\/menu\/<\/a><\/p>\n Another VRG article about P.F. Chang\u2019s vegetarian dishes may be found here: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2011issue1\/2011_issue1_pf_changs.php<\/a><\/p>\n For information on food ingredients, fast food, and for other information of interest to vegetarians and vegans, please subscribe to our enewsletter at http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/vrgnews\/<\/a><\/p>\n The contents of this article, our website, and our other publications, including the Vegetarian Journal<\/i>, 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 employees or company statements.Information does change and mistakes are always possible. Please use your own best judgment about whether a product is suitable for you. Further research or confirmation may be warranted.<\/p>\n There are many ways to stay connected to The Vegetarian Resource Group! By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS VRG Research Director A staff member at the VRG spotted a July 2012 post at http:\/\/blogs.miaminewtimes.com written by a vegan who asserted that at P.F. Chang\u2019s, \u201c\u2026all the dishes are cooked in oyster sauce [and so are not vegetarian or vegan.]\u201d Since this information was contradictory to what we reported in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-quick-service","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778","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=3778"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9845,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions\/9845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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