How much seed oil is in Ford's Garage's food?
Ford's Garage averages an estimated 14.6g of seed oil PUFA per menu item, about 3.6 days of the 4g daily goal many people in the seed oil free community aim for, in one average item. Method and grade scale on the methodology page.
What Ford's Garage cooks with
Likely soybean oil, though no Ford's Garage document names it outright. They deep-fry a lot (Ford's Fries, Classic Tots, Truffle Fries, Piston Onion Rings, Sweet Potato Tots, Hand-Battered/Chicken Tenders, Beer-Battered Fish 'N Chips, Famous Firestone Shrimp). The chain's Dec-2023 nutrition PDF (since taken down; the April 2026 HTML guide at fordsgarageusa.com/nutrition-guide prints no poly/mono columns) showed every one of those items running roughly 2.5x more polyunsaturated than monounsaturated fat with modest saturated fat (e.g. fries: 29g total fat, 5g sat, 12g PUFA, 5g mono), the soybean-oil signature rather than canola's. The April 2026 panels still fit: fried items run 14-21% saturated (fries 4.5/26, onion rings 2.5/18, fish 9/55), matching soybean and excluding canola, palm and tallow. The allergen guide's "F = fried in shared oil" mark is a cross-contact flag, not an oil disclosure. Burgers get their fat mostly from beef patties; dressings/mayo-based sides likely also carry soybean or canola oil, unconfirmed.
The 10 highest seed oil items we measured
Estimated PUFA grams per listed serving, from published nutrition data and the disclosed or assumed cooking oil:
| Item | Est. PUFA |
|---|---|
| Hand-Battered Chicken Tenders | 63.7g |
| Ford's Classic Wings | 48.6g |
| Ford's Pickles | 39g |
| Famous Firestone Shrimp | 37.8g |
| Giant Funnel Tower of Onion Rings | 34.8g |
| Beer-Battered Fish 'N Chips | 33g |
| Jiffy Burger | 32.1g |
| Truffle Fries | 31.2g |
| Cali Roadster | 30g |
| Smoked Brisket Burnt Ends Melt | 29.4g |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Ford's Garage:
| Item | Est. PUFA |
|---|---|
| Side House Salad | 0.8g |
| Old-Fashioned Strawberry Milkshake | 1.2g |
| Old-Fashioned Vanilla Milkshake | 1.2g |
The fine print
These are estimates, not lab measurements, and preparation varies by location. Full detail for every item is on the Ford's Garage report card. See who else graded D or F on the F List, or the whole field on the Seed Oil Index.