McDonald's Vegan Cheese Scandal Has Hit The Internet and Customers Will Not Give Up

If you live in most places, McDonald's offering vegan options is virtually nonexistent because they simply don't have any options like that. However, in some areas, according to this TikToker, they do offer vegan options in certain parts of the United States.

That being said, this TikToker is an avid McDonald's customer and has attempted to order there multiple times, encountering many problems in the process. The customer decided to document his attempts to order a specific type of vegan sandwich from McDonald's.

It's fair to say that some people have preferences, and clearly, this customer wanted a vegan McDonald's sandwich but with regular cheese. For some reason, McDonald's just couldn't provide him with that option. This customer never made it difficult or complained; he simply didn't give up on trying to order it.

This is why the video went viral, and spoiler alert: we found out why they wouldn't let him order it, even though he eventually did get what he was looking for after McDonald's stepped in. If you want to hear the whole story and see both TikTok videos, then stay tuned until the end so we can go through this story.

This TikToker is a vegetarian, but not a vegan, and wanted to order McDonald's vegan burger.

Now, this wouldn't have been an issue, but he asked for regular cheese on the burger, and McDonald's just did not want to give him what he was asking for.

The McDonald's employee informed him that he could not order regular cheese on the burger, even if he requested it separately. The manager's response was that he knew he would put regular cheese on his vegan sandwich.

The manager was obviously worried about the TikToker showcasing his regular cheese on his vegan burger. Here's what he had to say:  “Because if you plaster it all over social media, I’ll get fired. I’ve got a wife and kids. I’m not getting fired over a slice of cheese.”

It seems that the manager was just following directions and was concerned about getting into trouble.

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Eventually, a McDonald's employee saw his videos and did end up selling him the cheese separately.

Here's what McDonald's had to say about it:

“Our McPlant is a Vegan Certified product, and we understand that the team member was following our advice to restaurants, which is not to customize the product with non-vegan ingredients to protect its integrity.”

They added: “However, we accept that the guidance may have been misinterpreted on this occasion, and the restaurant team has been made aware. We’d encourage the customer to contact our customer services.”

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Here you can see him very excited to take a bite of a vegan burger with regular cheese.

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The comments started rolling in about how McDonald's is gatekeeping the cheese.

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Some people were just astonished as to why this was such an issue.

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Here's where you can watch the original video of when he gets denied the cheese.

Then here is the video of when he finally got what he asked for.

Well, there is a lot of controversy here! We're so glad that this TikToker eventually got what he wanted, but we are surprised at how many attempts it took.

I mean, McDonald's even had to step in for him to get the cheese he was asking for. However, we don't blame the manager for just doing his job and taking orders from corporate.