<p>hello…my daughter will be traveling to spain this week. She is a vegan and is planning on bringing something to eat onto the plane. Is this allowed???</p>
<p>Of course no liquid, or anything resembling liquid. And no fresh food, like fruits and veggies. If she’s happy with, say, granola bars, that won’t be a problem at all.</p>
<p>If a meal is included as part of the flight, she can order a vegan meal. I have done this plenty of times.</p>
<p>it shouldnt be a problem as long as she does not bring a drink or something like jello. i do it all the time and have yet to be stopped.</p>
<p>Also, she could just buy food after she gets through security. Whatever you buy after getting through security, you can take on the plane.</p>
<p>Just make sure it has lots of onions and spices so she can annoy those around her. (kidding)</p>
<p>What dis-grace said. And depending on how large an airport, sometimes there is really good stuff after security! JFK in the international wing was great. On the other hand, White Plains (HPN) has <em>nothing</em> absolutely <em>nothing</em> beyond security except a soda vending machine. Not that there’s even room for a sandwich vendor, but still!</p>
<p>Maybe it depends on the airline or airport, but for us fresh fruit and veggies have been fine. My husband and son flew from SFO to Boston a couple of weeks ago (on United). I packed them sandwiches (ham and brie on baguettes), fruit (berries), veggies (raw green beans), and small yogurts. The yogurts were the only problem - I wasn’t thinking on that one. The limit is 3 ounces and these were 6 ounces, so they didn’t work.</p>
<p>I never fly without a zip-lock bag with some peanuts in my purse. As others have said, you can bring on lots that you couldn’t have in years past just so it passes the “no gels or liquids over 3 oz” rule.
On an overseas flight they should have a vegan choice of meal service - check the web site. The special meals can be a lot better than the regular fare.</p>
<p>We travel with big sandwiches from our local deli. The only issue with fruit or veggies is getting into a foreign country (or back into the US on the way home) with them - eating them before you land usually solves that!</p>
<p>I’ve taken all kinds of food through security this past year. When we were coming from China we took peanuts and dried fruit through both customs. </p>
<p>Agree that the specialty meals are often very good. When we flew to China I decided to request “seafood” meals! It didn’t occur to me that they would consider tuna fish seafood. My teenage son didn’t like that at all.</p>
<p>You can bring home made food onto the plane, including fresh fruits, veggies etc., you just can’t bring it into the next country.</p>
<p>Visit [Airline</a> Meals.net - Airline catering * largest site about airline catering and nothing but that… :-)](<a href=“http://www.airlinemeals.net%5DAirline”>http://www.airlinemeals.net) for photos of the meals served on different airlines, including special-request meals.</p>
<p>I’m a fan of the Asian vegetarian and Hindu vegetarian options, even though I’m not Asian, Hindu, or vegetarian. If you’re flying overseas on a foreign carrier, they almost always have better food in economy than U.S. carriers, but that’s especially true when you request the “local” option. If you have a choice between Western and, say, Malay food on a Malay carrier, go for the ethnic choice.</p>
<p>Somehow I got past them with a sandwich, but was told by someone else that they had to throw (or eat quickly) their food away or they couldn’t get past security. Don’t know what that is about.</p>
<p>Food, including fruit is fine through security. Just cannot land with it out of the country. I took a whole bag of clementines through when I was taking them to DD. Things that are a problem, jello, pudding, soupy things. They might not like really soft cheese, sometimes hard to predict. Regular cheese is fine. Of course drinks have to be purchased on the other side of security. </p>
<p>However, agree with others. If food is included in the flight, order the special meals. They are almost always better than the regular ones.</p>
<p>My MIL is diabetic, and security made her discard her apples prior to boarding a flight to Germany. Like everything when flying, be prepared for different folks to be treated differently!</p>
<p>The international flights that I have been on will not allow any liquids through the final gate security. Doesn’t matter if you bought it in the airport, it isn’t going on the plane.</p>
<p>Definitely order the vegan meal. Check the airlines website for all the health/lifestyle menu choices.</p>
<p>We have had no trouble taking snack foods on the plane.</p>
<p>I’m not big on airplane food, especially on domestic routes. I always bring sliced fruit, crackers, good cheese, nuts and reaaaalllllyyyy good chocolate onboard. Never had an issue. Usually made my neighbor(s) envious.</p>
<p>Thank you all so much. This has been a big help! She is going to bring food with her and if they take it away she will be set since we called the airline and ordered her a vegan meal!! 
Thanks again!!!</p>
<p>Fruits might not be allowed on the international flights… I know you typically can’t bring foreign fruits and veggies (any plant material) into the US from other countries to prevent bad plant buggies from contaminating our crops, and Spain may have similar issues as to the import of plant materials. You can probably call the airline and they’ll be able to find out for you…</p>
<p>Domestic flights typically don’t have the same issues, since fruits and veggies are allowed to freely cross state borders.</p>
<p>So, the fruit/vegetable thing isn’t TSA so much as it is USDA. That’s probably why there’s a larger discrepancy in people’s anecdotes of whether or not fruits and vegetables were allowed.</p>