
Popeyes menu & ingredients
22 menu items · United States
Updated September 23, 2026
Popeyes ingredient questions
Browse all 22 itemsWhich oils does Popeyes use?
Popeyes lists soybean oil in its chicken sandwich buns and ranch sauces. Cajun Fries allow a blend of oils, including canola, soybean, sunflower and corn. The Classic and Spicy Chicken Sandwich recipes also list beef tallow, so the fats used vary by item and recipe component.
Does Popeyes use seed oils?
Yes. Soybean oil is the first ingredient in Blackened Ranch and Buttermilk Ranch, and it also appears in the chicken sandwich buns. Cajun Fries list several seed oils as possible alternatives within an oil blend.
See items that list soybean oilDoes Popeyes use beef tallow?
Yes. Popeyes lists tallow in its U.S. Classic and Spicy Chicken Sandwich recipes. Its ingredient guide describes that tallow as beef fat with BHT, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane. Those sandwiches also list vegetable oils in other components, so using tallow does not make them seed-oil-free.
Classic Chicken Sandwich ingredients · Spicy Chicken Sandwich ingredients
What is in a Popeyes chicken sandwich?
Classic Chicken Sandwich
Chicken Filet: Boneless chicken breast meat with rib meat, contains up to 23% water, seasoning (salt, monosodium glutamate, palm oil, seasoning including dried garlic and dried onion), modified food starch, potassium and sodium phosphates | Chicken Breader: Wheat flour, bleached wheat flour, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt | Buttermilk Batter: Water, enriched wheat flour (niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), food starch-modified (corn), corn flour, mustard flour, salt, spices, buttermilk powder, vinegar powder (maltodextrin, food starch-modified, vinegar), powdered cellulose, beta carotene (color), garlic powder, methylcellulose, onion powder | Tallow: Beef fat, BHT, citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane | Brioche Bun: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), malted barley flour, water, sugar, yeast, contains less than 2% of coloring (corn flour, soybean oil, spices tumeric and paprika), mono/diglycerides, natural flavor), dough conditioner (wheat gluten, malted wheat flour, deactivated yeast), enzymes (wheat flour, enzymes), glaze (water, vegetable oil, vegetable proteins, dextrose, maltodextrins, starch), cultured wheat flour, natural butter flavor, potato flour, salt, soybean oil | Buttery Biscuit Dressing: Buttery and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, contains less than 2% of palm and palm kernel oil, vegetable mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate (a preservative), citric acid, natural & artificial flavors, calcium disodium EDTA added to protect flavor, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate added | Mayonnaise: Soybean oil, distilled vinegar, egg yolks, water, sugar, salt, calcium disodium EDTA (to protect quality), natural flavor | Pickles: Cucumbers, water, salt, vinegar, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate (as a preservative), natural flavorings and spices
Spicy Chicken Sandwich
Chicken Filet: Boneless chicken breast meat with rib meat, contains up to 23% water, seasoning (salt, monosodium glutamate, palm oil, seasoning including dried garlic and dried onion), modified food starch, potassium and sodium phosphates | Chicken Breader: Wheat flour, bleached wheat flour, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt | Buttermilk Batter: Water, enriched wheat flour (niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), food starch-modified (corn), corn flour, mustard flour, salt, spices, buttermilk powder, vinegar powder (maltodextrin, food starch-modified, vinegar), powdered cellulose, beta carotene (color), garlic powder, methylcellulose, onion powder | Tallow: Beef fat, BHT, citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane | Brioche Bun: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), malted barley flour, water, sugar, yeast, contains less than 2% of coloring (corn flour, soybean oil, spices tumeric and paprika), mono/diglycerides, natural flavor), dough conditioner (wheat gluten, malted wheat flour, deactivated yeast), enzymes (wheat flour, enzymes), glaze (water, vegetable oil, vegetable proteins, dextrose, maltodextrins, starch), cultured wheat flour, natural butter flavor, potato flour, salt, soybean oil | Buttery Biscuit Dressing: Buttery and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, contains less than 2% of palm and palm kernel oil, vegetable mono & diglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate (a preservative), citric acid, natural & artificial flavors, calcium disodium EDTA added to protect flavor, beta carotene (color), vitamin a palmitate added | Spicy Spread: Soybean oil, distilled vinegar, egg yolks, water, salt, contains 2% or less of sugar, natural flavors, spices, mustard, dehydrated garlic, yeast extract, extractives of paprika, spice extractives, monosodium glutamate, calcium disodium EDTA (to protect quality) | Pickles: Cucumbers, water, salt, vinegar, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate (as a preservative), natural flavorings and spices
What are Popeyes Cajun Fries made of?
Potatoes, oil blend (contains one or more of the following: canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, cottonseed oil, palm oil, corn oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil and/or soybean oil and/or canola oil), bleached enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), food starch modified, yellow corn meal, salt, spices, dried garlic, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate), monosodium glutamate, dry worcestershire [worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, blackstrap molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor), maltodextrin, silicon dioxide], sugar, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate (to promote color retention), dextrose
What is in Popeyes Blackened Ranch?
Soybean oil, buttermilk (cultured pasteurized skim milk & milk, sodium citrate & salt), water, buttermilk solids, egg yolks, salt, contains less than 2% of distilled vinegar, sugar, spices, lactic acid, garlic*, onion*, paprika (as spice), sodium benzoate & potassium sorbate (preservative), monosodium glutamate, phosphoric acid, citric acid, xanthan gum, mustard seed, parsley*, calcium disodium EDTA to protect flavor. *dehydrated
What is in Popeyes mac and cheese?
Water, cream blend (cream, skim milk, nonfat milk powder), macaroni (semolina [wheat], egg whites, niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), club cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt), lightly salted butter (cream, salt) contains 2% or less of the following ingredients soybean oil, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid), cheddar cheese flavor (cheddar, blue, and semi-soft cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], water, whey, salt, citric acid), salt, natural cheese flavor (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, salt, disodium phosphate), natural flavor (cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], water, natural flavors, disodium phosphate), food starch-modified (corn and/or tapioca), whey protein concentrate, sugar, soy lecithin, sodium phosphate, xanthan gum, spices, oleoresin paprika, yeast(yeast, yeast extract), annatto extract color
What is in Popeyes Cinnamon Apple Pie?
Filling: Apples (apples, water, ascorbic acid [preservative], salt, citric acid), water, sugar, food starch modified, corn syrup, salt, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, annatto (color) calcium disodium EDTA added as preservative, vitamin a palmitate added), ascorbic acid, cinnamon, citric acid. Dough: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, water, sugar, salt, natural and artificial flavor, sodium acid pyrophosphate. Glaze water, food starch-modified, salt, dextrose, bleached enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, locust bean gum, citric acid, artificial flavor
What is in Popeyes Sweet Heat Sauce?
Water, honey, sugar, red pepper, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, food starch-modified, salt, contains less than 2% of spice, sodium benzoate & potassium sorbate (preservative), natural flavor
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Updated September 23, 2026
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