Wendy's is known to many fast food eaters as a place with healthy food options. Although they are apparently no longer in the U.K., the chain is familiar throughout Canada and the U.S.A.
On the Wendy's USA and Wendy's Canada websites, there are three places specifically to look if you are researching food allergies. The warning to keep in mind with ANY information - and this will come as no surprise to people who live with food allergies - is that no website can be 100% up to date and accurate all the time. Do the preliminary research on the web, then ask at the restaurant.
Ingredients can change from one place to another. If you are going to be in Canada, start with the Wendy's Canadian website, in the U.S.A., of course it's the American Wendy's website you will want.
The two websites are similar. Each offers a choice to look at:
- Wendy's Nutrition Guide - this is where you can see the detailed ingredients lists for the various products
- Wendy's Food Allergies - provides a chart showing the categories of food allergens which various products may contain. In the U.S.A., there are seven categories. On the Canadian website, there is an additional category for "sesame seeds" in at least one of the charts.
- Wendy's Menu Items Without Gluten.
In addition, there is a link to Wendy's Diabetic Exchange List. Although this is not allergy-related, a number of restaurants provide this information along with the other nutritional content.
