Is Taco Bell's sour cream made with pork gelatin?

Question

Is Taco Bell's sour cream made with pork gelatin?

Answer 1

Take a look at this info from the Vegetarian Resource Group:

http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/fast.htm

"TACO BELL: If requested, Taco Bell will send a list of their menu items that are suitable for vegetarians. Under their lacto-ovo heading, they list the following: Pintos & Cheese, Bean Burrito, Bean Tostada, Mexican Rice, Seven Layer Burrito (no sour cream), Cheese, Gordita Shells, Creamy Jalapeno Sauce, Creamy Lime Sauce, Pepper Jack Sauce, Baja Sauce, Fiesta Salsa, Red Sauce, Hot/Mild/Fire Sauce, Green Sauce, Pizza Sauce, Guacamole, and Taco Shell. Under their vegan heading, they list: Bean Burrito (without cheese), Bean Tostada (without cheese), Mexican Rice (without cheese), Seven Layer Burrito (no sour cream, no cheese), Hot/Mild/Fire Sauce, Fiesta Salsa, Red Sauce, Soft Tortillas, Pizza Sauce, Green Sauce, Guacamole, and Taco Shell. Taco Bell used to have two different distributors for the Mexican Rice. They are no longer using the distributor which had milk derivatives in the rice. NOTE that the sour cream does contain gelatin, which is animal based.

You can confirm here under Sour Cream that it does contain gelatin:

http://www.yum.com/nutrition/documents/t...

Hence, the sour cream is animal based. Unfortunately it doesn't specify what animal it's from.

But if you do research on Gelatin you'll see that chances are that it does have a percentage of pork in it.

Look here under production.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin