Seed oil free restaurants and chains

Uses rice bran oil for cooking rice, beans, chicken, steak, and fajita vegetables. Carnitas and barbacoa are braised in their own fat. Guacamole has no added oil.

Fries in 100% refined peanut oil per their published documentation. Soybean oil appears in sauces, crispy chicken breading, and buns. Grilled items do not use the fryer.

Fries in a canola-corn-soybean oil blend with TBHQ. Buns contain soybean oil. Most sauces list soybean oil as a primary ingredient. Beef patties contain no added oil per their ingredient list.

Their 'clean' label covers artificial additives, not cooking oils. Dressings and baked goods list soybean oil. Some cream-based soups use dairy fat; verify current formulations before ordering.

Beverages (coffee, espresso, tea, dairy milk) have no seed oil contact. Food items (bakery, sandwiches, wraps) contain canola or soybean oil per published ingredient information. Oat milk contains canola oil.

Uses canola oil for frying. Beef burgers contain no added oil in the patty.

Uses olive oil and avocado oil in most dressings per their published ingredient information. One of the few chains with a documented non-seed-oil default.

Uses olive oil as the primary cooking and dressing fat. Hummus, falafel, and grilled proteins are prepared without seed oils per their published information.

Fries in 100% beef tallow. They have a dedicated page on their website documenting it. One of the few major fast-food chains with a published seed-oil-free commitment.

Fries in beef shortening (tallow) for the Bloomin' Onion, fries, and Aussie Chicken Crispers. Steaks finished with butter on a wood-fired grill. One of the cleanest casual dining chains.

Standard US sit-down locations fry in beef shortening (tallow) since 2017. The fryer is clean. Most wet sauces contain soybean oil. Order naked wings or dry rub to stay clean.

Uses sunflower oil for frying. Sunflower oil is high in omega-6 linoleic acid. Beef patties contain no added oil.

Uses soybean oil for frying all wings. Most sauces also contain soybean oil.

Uses canola oil throughout. The Cane's sauce contains soybean oil.

Uses peanut oil for frying. Peanut oil has a lower linoleic acid percentage than soybean or canola oil, though it is still an industrially refined oil.

A macro-focused meal prep franchise. 'Clean' refers to whole-food ingredients and macros, not seed-oil-free sourcing. Oil varies by franchise location, confirm locally.

Regular Mayonnaise and most sauces list soybean oil first. Olive Oil Blend is canola oil plus extra virgin olive oil. Fresh vegetables carry no added oil.

Natural-Cut Fries use a soybean, canola, and/or cottonseed oil blend (corn oil possible). Fried chicken breading uses the same category of blend.

Fryer oil is a corn, canola, soy, and/or cottonseed blend per its own allergen documentation. Applies to fries and every item cooked in the shared fryer.

Crunchy Taco Shells list a corn oil and soybean oil blend. Other fried items likely use a similar category, not independently confirmed.

Fries chicken in low-linolenic soybean oil since a 2007 switch away from partially hydrogenated oil, a trans-fat fix, not a move off seed oil.

Fryer oil is genuinely disputed across sources (tallow vs. a tallow/vegetable blend, no official statement). Sauces and batters confirm soybean oil.

Fries in a soybean oil-based 'ZTF' (zero trans fat) liquid shortening per its own ingredient statement.

Fries, cheese curds, onion rings, and chicken tenders all cook in refined canola oil per Culver's own documentation.

Donut dough is mostly palm oil, not a seed oil, but the Yeast Donut Concentrate adds soybean oil at 2% or less.

Tots and Fries cook in a vegetable oil fryer shortening confirmed to contain soy, per Sonic's own allergen guidance.

Hand Tossed crust lists soybean and/or canola oil. Handmade Pan crust adds palm oil on top of the same base.

Soybean oil cooks most wok-fired entrees and Chow Mein/Fried Rice. Orange Chicken, steamed rice, and a few others don't have it.

Olive Oil Blend on 'Mike's Way' subs is mostly soybean and/or canola oil, with olive oil listed last on the label.

Chili's own allergen guide states directly: fried items are prepared in 100% soybean oil.

Fries in refined soybean oil. The Honey Cinnamon Butter served with the rolls is a butter/palm-oil blend, not pure butter.