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Seed Oil Tracker · Open Data

The Seed Oil Index, as open data

Every US restaurant chain we've scored, free to download and reuse. 671 chains, each with a letter grade, average seed-oil (PUFA) grams per menu item, the oil they fry in, and whether they're verified seed-oil-free. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) — use it anywhere, just credit Seed Oil Tracker and link back.

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These buttons download the US file. Files for every other country are listed below.

What's inside

Chains671
Grade A (Low Risk, under 4g avg)121
Grade B (Medium Risk, 4-6g avg)142
Grade C (High Risk, 6-8g avg)141
Grade D (Very High Risk, 8-12g avg)151
Grade F (Extreme Risk, over 12g avg)116

Columns: chain, slug, grade, risk, avg_pufa_per_item, menu_items_scored, cooking_oil, seed_oil_free_verified, report_card.

Other countries

The same chain-level files exist for every other country we cover. Add ?country=<code> to either download link (for example ?country=ca), or pick a country below. 166 countries have data today.

Methodology & limits

PUFA grams are estimates built from each chain's published nutrition data and its disclosed or industry-default cooking oil, averaged across the scored menu items. Values are rounded; minor last-digit differences are intentional. Grades: A under 4g, B 4-6g, C 6-8g, D 8-12g, F over 12g average per item. Preparation varies by location and oils change, so treat values as directional. Building an app, map layer, or study on top of this? Also see the live API.

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