Are McDonalds hash browns vegan?
A video on TikTok has gone viral for sharing a vegan Macca's meal you can request. A video on TikTok has gone viral for sharing a vegan Macca's meal you can request....  A McDonalds hack for vegans has gone viral online  but it has also prompted a warning from some who claim the two food items arent safe for those avoiding animal products. TikTok user @carmenharris35 shared her vegan Maccas hack in a video thats since been viewed 239,000 times. Carmen ordered a cheeseburger bun with sauce and pickles minus the cheese and meat, along with a hash brown which she placed in the middle as a patty. RELATED: Viral Ritz cracker hack explodes  The TikTok video got hundreds of comments, with people labelling it a game changer and delicious even if you werent vegan. Im do this except order garden salad as the side and put it in as well as the hash brown, one person wrote. Im not vegan but I am vegetarian and I do this with a Big Mac, another commented. Yum now I want one, one person wrote. Add some barbecue sauce as well, another person advised. RELATED: Calls for hazard warning on junk food  But some claimed the hack was not completely vegan and could contain ingredients like milk or egg. Not vegan, egg is used in hashbrown and milk in bread, one person wrote. The pickles arent vegan, another commenter claimed. Some of the preservatives are derived from animals.  Its not really vegan when staff put all sorts in those fryers (including bacon and chicken nuggets), one commenter also wrote. What is considered vegan can vary person to person  some consider food made or cooked in the same area as meat or dairy products not truly vegan, while others will take a more relaxed approach. While McDonalds does offer dietary alternatives, all of its food, including meat and dairy products, are made in the same area meaning they wont fall under a strictly vegan definition. A McDonalds Australia spokesperson confirmed to news.com.au that their hash browns or cheeseburger buns cannot be certified as vegan but declined to say whether they contained dairy or eggs as some comments claimed. McDonalds axes McVeggie burger  Maccas this week confirmed it had axed its only vegetarian burger offering in Australia less than two years after it was launched due to poor sales. The McVeggie burger was removed from menus last month in response to changes in customer demand, a spokesperson told news.com.au. But McDonalds stressed there are still items on the fast food giants menu that are customisable according to dietary requirements. A number of items on our menu can be customised to suit dietary requirements and preferences, the spokesperson explained. We are committed to listening to our customers feedback and are constantly adapting our menu to give customers more of what they want.  The McVeggie burger consisted of a crunchy patty made of peas, corn, potatoes, carrots and onions in a sesame seed bun with cheese and lettuce. But it wasnt strictly vegetarian due it to being cooking alongside meat items, meaning that many vegetarians had to avoid the product if they didnt want to eat food that had come into contact with meat.