Vegan Options at Freshii
Freshii is a Toronto-born fast-casual chain, founded in 2005, now with over 300 locations worldwide and owned by Foodtastic. It sells salads, wraps, bowls, burritos, poke bowls, soup, smoothies and juices, and a fair amount of it is plant-based.
Answer: yes, but almost nothing this page previously told you still applies. Freshii’s menu has been rebuilt since this article was written. The Umamii salad it recommended no longer exists, two of the four bowls it named are gone, and the claim that Freshii prepares vegan items separately from animal products is contradicted by Freshii’s own current allergen guide. On the other hand, three smoothies and all three sweet treats now carry no declared dairy or egg — this page said none of them did.
Everything below is checked against Freshii’s current Nutrition and Allergen Guide (2025, V2.2) and the current Freshii menu, accessed 28 July 2026. The 2020 guide this page used to link to has been taken down and now returns a 404.
The Cross-Contamination Correction
This is the most important change, and it is a retraction. This page told you that, per Freshii’s resident nutritionist, all vegan items were prepared away from animal-based ingredients and that utensils and cutting boards were washed after each use. That came from a third-party blog post published in 2016, not from Freshii, and it is not what Freshii says now.
Freshii’s current allergen guide states:
“Freshii is a restaurant environment that prepares whole and fresh ingredients in a shared kitchen space and may involve shared equipment (e.g., oven, beverage machines, steamer, panini press). Although we take precautions, we cannot guarantee a 100% allergen-free environment.”
It also notes that its allergen data comes from supplier information and that “ingredient changes and substitutions may occur without our knowledge or consent before these charts can be updated.” Take the separation claim off your list of reasons to trust Freshii; it is not one the company makes.
What Freshii Publishes
An allergen chart covering wheat and gluten, milk, egg, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, sesame seed and mustard, plus a full nutrition table including cholesterol. No ingredient statements. Cholesterol is useful here as a secondary check — a plant-only dish should read 0 mg — but it will not catch honey, and an allergen chart will not either.
Salads and Wraps
The six salads are now Berrii Crunchii, Cobb, Fiiesta, Greek, Kale Caesar and Sesame Crunch. The Umamii salad this page called “your best bet” and “100% vegan” is not on the menu. Neither is the collard green wrap option; the only wrap listed in the guide is a whole wheat tortilla.
Of the six, five declare milk. The exception is the Sesame Crunch, which declares wheat and gluten, soy and sesame — no milk, no egg — and whose nutrition line shows essentially no cholesterol. As a salad it is the one to look at; as a wrap it carries the same allergen profile.
Bowls and Burritos
The seven bowls and burritos are Buddha’s Satay, Chiipotle Cheddar, Mezze Deliight, Oaxaca, Spiicy Buffalo, Teriyaki Twiist and Tex Mex. Of the four this page recommended, Baja and Khao San no longer exist.
Two carry no declared milk or egg in either the bowl or burrito version:
- Teriyaki Twiist — wheat and gluten, soy, sesame. Freshii’s nutrition line shows 0 mg cholesterol for both the bowl and the burrito. This is the cleanest main on the menu.
- Buddha’s Satay — wheat and gluten, soy, peanut, sesame, and Freshii marks it as containing coconut. But there is a discrepancy in Freshii’s own numbers worth knowing: the burrito reads 0 mg cholesterol while the bowl reads 45 mg. Freshii does not explain the difference. Until it does, the burrito is the safer of the two and the bowl is worth asking about.
The other five all declare milk. Oaxaca and Chiipotle Cheddar also declare soy and sesame; Spiicy Buffalo, Tex Mex and Mezze Deliight declare milk as well.
Soup
There is now one soup, not four: Spiicy Lemongrass, declaring soy and sesame, with 0 mg cholesterol in both sizes. The Superfood soup this page recommended is gone.
Smoothies — This Page Was Wrong
This page said flatly that none of Freshii’s smoothies are vegan. On the current guide that is no longer true. Freshii Green, Mixed Berrii and Tropical Mango carry no declared allergens at all and read 0 mg cholesterol in every size. Chocolate Peanut Butter (milk, peanut) and Strawberry Banana (milk) do contain dairy.
Freshii also now lists a Vegan Protein Powder as a smoothie add-on, alongside a whey option. That is Freshii’s own label, and it is the closest thing to a vegan mark anywhere in the guide.
Sweet Treats — Also Wrong
This page said all three treats are off-limits. On Freshii’s current data, none of the three declares milk or egg, and all three read 0 mg cholesterol: Peanut Butter Energii Bites (soy, peanut, may contain tree nuts and sesame), Cocoa Energii Bites (soy, may contain peanut, tree nuts and sesame) and Coconut Chia Pudding (no declared allergens).
That does not make them confirmed vegan — Freshii publishes no ingredient lists, and energy bites and puddings are exactly the kind of thing that can contain honey. But the blanket “none of them are vegan” was not supportable and has been removed.
Breakfast
This page said every breakfast item contains eggs or milk. That is no longer true either. The Calii Breakfast Bowl declares wheat and gluten, soy and tree nuts, with no milk and no egg, and reads 0 mg cholesterol. Freshii marks it as containing coconut. Everything else on the breakfast menu — the Green Eggs & Kale Bowl, Huevos Bowl, the burrito, both pockets, the yogurt parfait — declares egg, milk or both.
Poke Bowls
Freshii now sells poke bowls, which did not exist when this page was written, and publishes a separate guide for them. There is a Tofu Poke Bowl, but as Freshii builds it, it is not vegan: the nutrition line shows 20 mg of cholesterol, and the sauces listed for the poke range — Sriracha Mayo and Wasabi Aioli — are mayonnaise-based and each carry cholesterol of their own. The Ponzu Lime and Teriyaki sauces read 0 mg. If you want the tofu bowl, specify the sauce.
Proteins
Two of the five carry no declared milk or egg and read 0 mg cholesterol: Marinated Tofu (soy, sesame) and Falafel Balls (no declared allergens). Both are still on the menu, and this part of the old page holds up.
Bases
Kale, romaine, field greens, quinoa, brown rice and rice noodles all carry no declared allergens. The whole wheat tortilla declares wheat and gluten. Spinach is no longer listed as a base, and nor is the collard green wrap.
Dressings and Sauces
The dressing list has changed a lot, and this is where the biggest single trap sits.
Tahini Sauce declares milk. It reads as the obvious vegan choice and it is not one. So do the Creamy Chipotle, Greek, Greek Yogurt Caesar, Greek Yogurt Ranch and Spicy Yogurt.
The ones carrying no declared milk or egg, all reading 0 mg cholesterol, are:
- Balsamic Vinegar and Balsamic Vinaigrette (the vinaigrette declares mustard)
- Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette (mustard)
- Lemon Za’atar Vinaigrette (sesame)
- Lemon Juice, Olive Oil, Salsa Fresca, Frank’s Red Hot Sauce — no declared allergens
- Fiery BBQ (wheat and gluten, soy, sesame)
- Spicy Lemongrass (soy, sesame)
- Spicy Peanut (soy, peanut, sesame)
- Teriyaki (wheat and gluten, soy)
- Thai Sesame (wheat and gluten, soy, sesame)
Four dressings this page listed are gone: Ginger Miso, Red Pepper, Sriracha and Keto Vinaigrette.
Toppings
Most are single ingredients with no declared allergens: avocado, black beans, hot black beans, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, cilantro, corn, crispy chickpeas, cucumber, dried cranberries, green apple, green onion, hemp seeds, jalapeños, kalamata olives, mango, mushrooms, red onion and strawberries.
Avoid Aged Cheddar, Feta Cheese and Parmesan Cheese (all declare milk), Hard Boiled Egg (egg) and Bacon. Goat cheese, which this page listed, is no longer a topping; Parmesan is new. Crispy Wontons declare wheat and gluten. Edamame declares soy. Beet Slaw, which this page told you to avoid, now carries no declared allergens — Freshii publishes no ingredients for it, so we cannot say why it was on the avoid list or whether it should be.
Juices
The juice range is now Beta Boost, Get Glowing, Green Genius, Recharge, Antioxidant Elixir and Immune Elixir. Renew, Reset and Charcoal Lemonade are gone.
Freshii does not include the juices in its allergen chart and publishes no ingredient list for any of them, so the ingredient breakdowns this page carried have been removed. The old guide flagged the Immune Elixir as containing honey; the current guide says nothing either way, so treat that as an open question and ask.
Conclusion
Freshii remains a genuinely workable place to eat as a vegan, and its allergen guide is one of the better ones in fast-casual. On its current published data the sensible order is a Teriyaki Twiist burrito or a Sesame Crunch salad, tofu or falafel for protein, and one of the vinaigrettes or the salsa fresca — with any of the three dairy-free smoothies alongside.
What has changed since this page was written is not just the menu. Freshii no longer claims to keep vegan preparation separate from animal products; it says the opposite, in writing, and names the shared equipment. That is worth knowing before you order, and it is the reason several confident statements on this page have been walked back rather than updated.
