The Tastiest Jack in the Box Vegan Options

Aside from drinks and condiments, the list of Jack in the Box vegan options isn’t very long. The options include:

• French fries
• Seasoned curly fries
• Hash browns
• Tree Top applesauce pouch

These menu items aren’t vegan but can be with a few changes:

• Side salad 
• Jack’s Teriyaki Bowl
• Chicken Club Salad
• Southwest Chicken Salad
• Grilled Chicken Salad

Not all vegan options are healthy or low-fat, but they don’t contain animal ingredients. 

French Fries and Seasoned Curly Fries

Most fast-food french fries are vegan. They use plant oils instead of the beef fat many restaurants used years ago.

The seasoned curly fries at Jack in the Box are among some of the tastiest fast-food fries for vegans because the seasoning and the shape make them unique and different from regular fries. 

These curly fries get a sprinkle of spices like garlic and onion powder to give them extra flavor, and the shape makes them fun to eat. 

Like all fast-food fries, this choice contains a lot of oil from the original processing before they’re frozen and then in the deep-fryer. The regular fries provide 300 calories for a small, 430 calories for a medium, and 550 calories for a large order. Almost half of those calories come from fat.

The curly fries in small, medium, and large orders contain 280, 430, and 480 calories, respectively, with over half the calories from fat. The curly shape gives the potato more surface area to absorb oil as they fry. 

Fast-food french fries aren’t the healthiest option, but if you have to choose between them, the classic fries contain fewer calories and less fat overall.

Hash Browns

The fried potato patties served during breakfast hours don’t contain egg or milk. If you have to make a full breakfast from the menu, unfortunately, hash browns are the only cooked option they offer during breakfast hours that qualifies as vegan. 

You could pair it with applesauce to add a healthier option, but it’s still more of a snack than a meal. One hash brown contains 190 calories, with 110 of those from fat, which doesn’t leave room for healthy fat sources in a meal. 

Tree Top Applesauce Pouch

The Jack in the Box applesauce pouch contains 45 calories with no fat or added sugar. The serving is child-sized at just over three ounces of applesauce. 

It’s a healthy option to supplement a meal or have a small snack anytime. 

Side Salad With Adjustments

Salad is the healthiest of the Jack in the Box vegan options. Their side salad has 115 calories and contains:

• Romaine and iceberg lettuce
• Shredded carrots
• Sliced cucumbers
• Grape tomatoes

To keep the salad vegan, order it without the croutons, which contain dairy. It also comes with ranch dressing, which isn’t vegan, so choose a sauce like low-fat balsamic dressing. 

Jack’s Teriyaki Bowl With Adjustments

This teriyaki bowl comes with grilled chicken, making it unsuitable for vegetarians or vegans. 

Order it without the chicken and ask for extra vegetables to make this dish vegan-friendly. You’ll get a bowl of white rice, vegetables like broccoli and carrots, and teriyaki sauce to pull it together.

The bowl ordered this way is one of the healthiest menu items and, ordered without the chicken, one of the best Jack in the Box vegan options. 

Chicken Club Salad With Adjustments

You can order Jack in the Box’s chicken salads without the animal products to get a heartier salad than the side salad. The three chicken salads cost the same amount but have different ingredients you’ll need to tell them to hold. 

Depending on the price in your area, it might cost less to order three side salads without the croutons or ranch instead of one of these chicken salads, so check before you order. 

This club salad comes with chicken, cheddar cheese, bacon, ranch dressing, and croutons. Tell them to hold those items to make it vegan and ask for extra veggies. You’ll get a large, healthy salad with cucumbers, grape tomatoes, iceberg lettuce, and romaine. 

Southwest Chicken Salad With Adjustments

You can turn this into a vegan salad with romaine, iceberg lettuce, black beans, spicy corn sticks, grape tomatoes, and roasted corn. 

Order it without the chicken, cheddar cheese, croutons, or creamy southwest dressing. The corn and beans make this salad a great choice because they make it a heartier meal than lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers alone. 

Grilled Chicken Salad With Adjustments

The difference between this salad and the Chicken Club Salad is that this one contains shredded carrots. You’ll get carrots, the two types of lettuce, grape tomatoes, and cucumbers. 

A low-fat balsamic dressing comes with this salad, and you don’t have to substitute. The vinaigrette is naturally vegan. 

Order this as a vegan meal without the chicken, cheddar cheese, and croutons. You can always opt to add a plant-based protein source when you get home.