Surprisingly Vegan Starbucks

Who doesn’t need Starbucks every once in a while (or every day, in our case)? Well, guess what! There are tons of vegan options there!

The basic drinks are vegan: Get yourself a hot or an iced coffee with soy milk and any flavored sweetener syrup (like vanilla, caramel, or hazelnut), and you’re set! Hot or iced tea is always vegan as well. For more complicated drinks, simply apply these two rules:

First, remember to order soy milk. All stores carry it, and it can replace milk in any drink for a small, additional cost.

Second, avoid a few ingredients. If your order normally comes with any of these items, just ask nicely for them to leave it out:

  • Whipped cream
  • Java chips (inside the java chip frappuccino and double chocolatey chip frappuccino)
  • Protein powder (in the smoothies)
  • Caramel drizzle (on the caramel macchiato and caramel frappuccino)

Unfortunately, a few drinks CANNOT be made vegan because of the dairy products in the syrup ingredients. Completely avoid these drinks:

  • Anything with pumpkin spice
  • Anything with white mocha
  • Anything with caramel brûlée
  • Any light frappuccinos

YOU’RE SET! Wasn’t that easy? Generally clear syrups are vegan, the sauces however are usually not. Fun fact: Mocha sauce is vegan. ;)

Check out some of our favorite drinks from Starbucks:

Grande black americano.

Grande black americano.

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Soy latte

Soy hazelnut frappuccino

Soy hazelnut frappuccino

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Soy mocha frappuccino

Starbucks also offers a few vegan foods. Grab any of these, and you’re good to go:

  • Fruit salad
  • Dried fruit
  • Roasted almonds
  • Mixed nuts
  • Dark-chocolate bar
  • Sea salt potato chips
  • Plain and multigrain bagel
  • Raw granola bar
  • Some Kind products (check for honey)

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  • 7 days ago

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    LV Outlet Real

  • Avatar of HannahClaireJarvis

    15 days ago

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    The hot chocolate syrup is also NOT vegan :(

  • Avatar of jennifersiviero

    15 days ago

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    Hey just so you guys know the Chai Tea Concentrate in Chai Tea Lattes contain honey. So depending on whether or not honey is included in your vegan diet the chai tea latte, even made with soy milk, may not be vegan for you.

    I am a barista at starbucks and I am always able to find something delicious to have that works with my vegan diet. If you guys were wondering about the ingredients this is straight off a box in-store AN INFUSION OF (WATER, BLACK TEA, BLACK PEPPER, GINGER, CARDAMOM, CINNAMON, CLOVES, STAR ANISE, NATURAL FLAVORS), CANE SUGAR, HONEY, GINGER JUICE, NATURAL FLAVORS, VANILLA EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID.

  • Avatar of lissy09

    15 days ago

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    Does there chai have honey?

  • Avatar of jessicamacdougall5

    35 days ago

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    I don’t need coffee because of all the energy I gained from simply being cruelty-free

  • Avatar of alexblue

    52 days ago

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    Supercool! Thanks for posting this!
    I’m sending it to my Starbucks-addicted sister. :)