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    Chipotle Mexican Grill – Bowls Dairy-Free Diners Over with Options

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    By Alisa Fleming on January 12, 2023 Fast Food Restaurants

    Updated January 2023! Chipotle Mexican Grill specializes in San Francisco-style burritos, and they have numerous options for dairy-free diners and other special diet needs. In fact, they’ve put dairy-free, paleo, whole30, and vegan bowls right on their main menu. Consequently, we’ve been able to put together this very full dairy-free guide. It includes allergen information and a separate vegan menu, so you can build a range of meals to fit your diet.

    Chipotle Dairy-Free Menu Guide with Allergen Notes & Vegan Options

    Chipotle Dairy-Free Menu Guide with Allergen Notes & Vegan Options

    This menu guide includes dairy-free menu options first, followed by custom order components. Chipotle offers a handful of “lifestyle bowls” on their menu, but it’s primarily a build-your-own burrito, taco, bowl, or salad establishment. Please note that this guide is for the U.S. locations. Options may vary in other countries.

    Other Allergen & Dietary Notes: Chipotle doesn’t use eggs (except at locations serving breakfast), nuts, sesame, or fish in their food. We’ve noted which items below contain gluten or soy. For vegan options, see the Vegan Menu Guide at the bottom of this post.

    Lifestyle Bowls

    • Balanced Macros Bowl
    • Plant Powered Bowl (contains soy)
    • Veggie Full Bowl
    • Wholesome Bowl

    Tortilla Products

    • Crispy Corn Tortilla – Taco
    • Flour Tortilla – Burrito (contains gluten)
    • Flour Tortilla – Taco (contains gluten)
    • Tortilla Chips

    Protein Fillings

    • Barbacoa
    • Carnitas
    • Chicken
    • Garlic Guajillo Steak (limited offer)
    • Steak
    • Sofritas (contains soy)

    Heads Up! Another vegan option is to order the Veggie, which comes without a protein filling, but includes guacamole at no extra charge.

    Other Toppings

    • Brown Rice
    • White Rice
    • Black Beans
    • Pinto Beans
    • Fajita Vegetables
    • Romaine Lettuce
    • Supergreens Lettuce Blend

    Sauces

    • Chipotle Honey Vinaigrette
    • Guacamole
    • Fresh Tomato Salsa
    • Roasted Chili-Corn Salsa
    • Tomatillo-Green Chili Salsa
    • Tomatillo-Red Chili Salsa

    Sides

    • Chips & Guacamole
    • Chips & Salsa

    Chipotle Vegan Menu Guide

    Vegan Lifestyle Bowls

    • Plant Powered Bowl
    • Veggie Full Bowl

    Vegan Sides

    • Chips & Guacamole
    • Chips & Salsa

    Vegan Build-Your-Own Guide

    • Crispy Corn Tortilla – Taco
    • Flour Tortilla – Burrito, Taco
    • Tortilla Chips
    • Sofritas
    • Black Beans
    • Pinto Beans
    • Brown Rice
    • White Rice
    • Fajita Vegetables
    • Romaine Lettuce
    • Supergreens Lettuce Blend
    • Guacamole
    • Fresh Tomato Salsa
    • Roasted Chili-Corn Salsa
    • Tomatillo-Green Chili Salsa
    • Tomatillo-Red Chili Salsa

    This Post is for Informational Purposes Only

    Menus, ingredients, kitchen procedures, management, food sourcing, and restaurant protocols are subject to change at any time. Always read the menu and discuss your dietary needs with the staff before ordering. Make sure they can accommodate your situation. This post is for informational purposes only, and should not be construed as advice.

    There is always a risk for potential cross-contamination of allergens in any commercial kitchen. If cross-contamination is an issue for you, always speak with the manager to ensure that your meal can be safely prepared. Listings here do not guarantee that a restaurant is safe enough for your individual needs. Only you can make that decision.

    Each location of a chain restaurant has different management and staff, and some might have different owners. This means differences in processes, ingredients used, menu options, and food sourcing can occur. Always verify the safety of your order for your needs at your current location.

    Where to Find Chipotle Mexican Grill

    There are now over 2700 Chipotle Mexican Grill locations worldwide. The bulk of their restaurants are in the U.S., but they have a smattering of shops in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and France. See the website below for addresses, hours, and online ordering.

    Website: www.chipotle.com

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    Really need to watch them and what they put on your food

    Rated 3 out of 5
    November 29, 2022

    Cheese seems to be flying everywhere. It can be in the lettuce or the guac, and if they grab cheese with their hands, their glove now has cheese on it. You have to look in the guac and the lettuce and literally anything around the sour cream and cheese to see if it’s in other components

    It’s delicious but it isn’t worth the trouble.

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    Mike

    Their prep areas are covered in cheese-cross contamination at all prep areas

    Rated 1 out of 5
    February 15, 2022

    About as vegan as a pork roast.

    This one really irks me as we have tried more than once to go here since my son likes it and they really have no way of containing anything.

    Most Chains really can’t do dairy free without you supervising.

    I have tried and failed too many times. Wendy’s, Chipotle, etc. Grill contamination, prep area contamination, fryer contamination.

    The repercussions for me are painful for days if not downright debilitating.

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    Kenneth

    Needs a Guac Option + Very Salty

    Rated 3 out of 5
    January 6, 2020

    We used to love Chipotle, but their food kept getting saltier and saltier. We had to drink Emergen-Cs every time we ate it just to re-hydrate because plain water wasn’t enough. But my other complaint is that they charge the same when you order no cheese and no sour cream and don’t offer an alternative like guacamole.

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    7 Comments

    1. Hannah on October 10, 2016 9:47 am

      I have an extreme dairy allergy and chipotle is one of my favorite places to eat! Majority of the staff is really good about preventing cross contamination but YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM! If you tell them you have a dairy allergy right off the bat they will change their gloves and will be much more cautious of the cheese and sour cream. Also, sometimes I ask if they could pull out a new thing of guacamole or corn just to make sure no cheese is in it!!

      • Alisa Fleming on October 14, 2016 3:06 am

        Thank you for sharing this Hannah!

    2. Kim on December 13, 2015 9:56 am

      My comment would be for people with dairy allergies to proceed with caution when eating the guacamole. In the “line” it sits right next to the cheese shreds. When they throw the cheese shreds on other food, cheese shreds easily fall into the guacamole mainly because they are in a hurry and the cheese comes before the guacamole therefore they are moving the food down the line and the cheese shreds are being served onto people’s food OVER the guacamole.

      Multiple times I had reactions at Chipotle and I couldn’t figure it out until one day I saw a piece of cheese in my guacamole…and then it happened again. I no longer eat the guacamole there and no longer have a problem.

      • Alisa Fleming on December 20, 2015 8:03 am

        Thank you for sharing this Kim!

    3. Syed on August 2, 2015 7:05 pm

      The rice has butter. Lots of it.

      • Alisa Fleming on August 2, 2015 9:56 pm

        Where are you getting this information from? It is not on their website, in their allergen info or practiced in any Chipotle I’ve visited. If you have seen this practice done, it should be reported so that people who are allergic are not getting sick.

        • Anthony on February 6, 2016 11:02 am

          The rice doesn’t have butter. I work at chipotle. We use rice, water, rice bran oil, bay leaves, salt, citrus juice, and cilantro. There’s no butter.

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