How much seed oil is in Starbird Chicken's food?
Starbird Chicken averages an estimated 12.0g of seed oil PUFA per menu item, about 3.0 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 Starbird Chicken cooks with
Rice bran oil. The chain's own online menu states House Fries are "Fried in 100% rice bran oil" (order.starbirdchicken.com, read 2026-10-16), and CEO Aaron Noveshen told QSR Magazine that "the oil we fry the chicken in is a rice bran oil", so the tenders and sandwiches share it; this replaces the earlier high-oleic sunflower note. Sauces are soybean-mayo based.
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 |
|---|---|
| Wings 20 pc | 40g |
| Honey Chili Crisp Sandwich | 34.8g |
| Boneless Wings 20 pc | 32g |
| Nuggets 20 pc | 30g |
| Nashville Hot Tenders (4 pc) | 24.8g |
| Wings 12 pc | 24g |
| Gardenbird Tenders (4 pc) | 20.7g |
| Wings 10 pc - Nashville Hot | 20g |
| Wings 10 pc - Classic Buffalo | 20g |
| Wings 10 pc - Lemon Pepper | 20g |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Starbird Chicken:
| Item | Est. PUFA |
|---|---|
| Hot Honey Sauce | 0g |
| Mac & Cheese | 1g |
| House-Baked Cookie | 1.7g |
The fine print
These are estimates, not lab measurements, and preparation varies by location. Full detail for every item is on the Starbird Chicken report card. See who else graded D or F on the F List, or the whole field on the Seed Oil Index.