Eat the chicken, not the cow. That’s the message right?! Chick-fil-A has and will always be a favorite for us and a treat for the kids. They love eating at this restaurant. Even though they advertise no cow meat, we still have to watch out for contamination from other meats and by-products. Chick-Fil-A still cooks and markets sausage, bacon, cheese, ice cream, and other products that cause reactions for us. Potentially causing cross contamination on the grills, counters, serving utensils, etc. Eating out is always taking a chance.
Chick-Fil-A was not something I was willing to give up though and they are pretty great about it. Any time I have asked for something specific or out of the ordinary or prepared a different way, they happily make it! They do cook the pork products on their grills so if you react severely you can definitely ask them to grill your chicken filet or your nuggets on a clean grill and the ones local to me always do. The menu items below have been confirmed as Alpha-Gal safe (assuming no cross-contamination happens on the grill).
Safe Menu Items
Grilled Nuggets
Chicken (boneless, skinless chicken meat breast nuggets containing up to 17% solution of water, seasoning [yeast extract, onion powder, sea salt, garlic powder, sugar, salt, corn maltodextrin, gum arabic, natural flavor, lemon juice concentrate, vinegar solids], chicken flavor [chicken breast meat, chicken stock, salt, maltodextrin], modified corn starch, dried vinegar, apple cider vinegar, water, soybean oil, sugar, cane molasses, salt, spices, chicken fat, dehydrated onion, yeast extract, corn maltodextrin, lemon peel, dehydrated garlic, red bell pepper, paprika, parsley, xanthan gum, natural flavor [including smoke] and calcium disodium EDTA [to protect quality], high oleic canola oil with dimethylpolysiloxane added to reduce foaming)
Waffle Fries
Potatoes, canola oil (high oleic canola oil with dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent), vegetable oil (canola, palm, soy), modified food starch (corn, potato, tapioca), rice flour, leavening (disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), xanthan gum, dextrose, dextrin, pea starch, salt, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate (to maintain natural color)
Grilled Filet
Chicken (boneless, skinless chicken breast containing up to 17% solution of water, seasoning [yeast extract, onion powder, sea salt, garlic powder, sugar, salt, corn maltodextrin, gum arabic, natural flavor, lemon juice concentrate, vinegar solids], chicken flavor [chicken breast meat, chicken stock, salt, maltodextrin], modified corn starch, dried vinegar, apple cider vinegar, water, soybean oil, sugar, cane molasses, salt, spices, chicken fat, dehydrated onion, yeast extract, corn maltodextrin, lemon peel, dehydrated garlic, red bell pepper, paprika, parsley, xanthan gum, natural flavor [including smoke] and calcium disodium EDTA [to protect quality], high oleic canola oil with dimethylpolysiloxane added to reduce foaming)
Hashbrowns
Potatoes, high oleic canola oil with dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent, vegetable oil (canola, palm, soybean), dehydrated potato, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate, salt, dextrose
Gluten Free Bun
Water, Gluten Free Blend: (Food Starch Modified, Corn Starch, Potato Starch, Sorghum Flour, Long Grain Milled Rice, Stabilized Rice Bran, Egg White Solids, Corn Starch, Tapioca Starch/Flour, Resistant Corn Starch Dietary Fiber), Granulated Sugar, Canola Oil, Yeast, Molasses, Corn Starch, Silicon Dioxide (Anti-caking Agent) And Sunflower Lecithin (Processing Aid), Salt, Pea Fiber, Modified Cellulose, Whole Grain Sorghum Flour, Amaranth Flour, Millet Flour, Teff Flour, Soluble Raisin Solids, Xanthan Gum, Psyllium Husk Powder, Cultured Corn Syrup Solids, Citric Acid, Calcium Sulfate, Enzymes, Degerminated Yellow Cornmeal, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid.
Sweet Tea
Water, sugar, tea
**only safe if your store offers tea “sweetened with cane sugar”**
Their salads are safe as long as you custom order them without the fried chicken or cheese and a safe salad dressing. Such as, the Light Balsamic Vinaigrette or the Zesty Apple Cider Vinaigrette. Drop a comment below if you have insight on other menu items that would be safe!
You can verify the safety of these items and others on their nutrition and allergen page which you can find below:
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