{"name":"Seed Oil Tracker — Restaurant Chain Seed-Oil Grades","license":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Seed Oil Tracker (seedoiltracker.com)","source":"https://seedoiltracker.com/open-data","chain_count":10,"chains":[{"chain":"Aida","country":"AT","slug":"aida","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":0.903,"menu_items_scored":175,"cooking_oil":"Not stated. Aida publishes no nutrition values and no fat or oil statement: its own digital menu (FineDine, qr.finedinemenu.com/aida) carries calories 0 for every item and only allergen tags; its webshop product pages give descriptions only. A Viennese Konditorei: cakes, strudel and Plunder pastry on butter and undisclosed vegetable fats/margarine; no deep fryer on the menu. Evidence-labelled guess: butter plus vegetable oil/margarine, unspecified","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/aida"},{"chain":"Starbucks","country":"AT","slug":"starbucks","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":1.249,"menu_items_scored":256,"cooking_oil":"no deep frying; Starbucks Austria (AmRest) names no oil on its product pages. Undisclosed vegetable oil in baked goods and sandwiches (evidence-labelled guess); coconut base in the Coconut Refreshas; soy drink in the Soy Protein lattes","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/starbucks"},{"chain":"Subway","country":"AT","slug":"subway","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":3.206,"menu_items_scored":87,"cooking_oil":"not stated: the nutrition guide Subway Austria links (the shared German-language September 2026 guide) and the allergen/additives guide (August 2026) name no frying or sauce oil. The guide's own panels put the mayonnaise-type sauces at 6-9% saturated (Lite Mayonnaise 4.9 g / 0.3 g), i.e. rapeseed-type oil; the fried sides (waffle fries) read as an unnamed vegetable oil (about 13% saturated). Best evidence, not a chain statement","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/subway"},{"chain":"McDonald's","country":"AT","slug":"mcdonald-s","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":3.535,"menu_items_scored":234,"cooking_oil":"rapeseed and sunflower oil blend: an Austrian press report quoting McDonald's Oesterreich says the fries are made only from potatoes, a mix of sunflower and rapeseed oil and salt, pre-fried and fried in the restaurant in the same rapeseed-sunflower oil; McDonald's Austria's own site (mcdonalds.at product pages and FAQ) names no frying oil","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/mcdonald-s"},{"chain":"Burger King","country":"AT","slug":"burger-king","grade":"B","risk":"Medium Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":5.196,"menu_items_scored":143,"cooking_oil":"undisclosed: Burger King Austria names no frying oil on burgerking.at; its FAQ says only that the fries go into 'Frittieroel' and that the plant-based nuggets are fried 'im selben Fett wie die Pommes'. Those plant-based nuggets print 6.7% saturates (12.9 g fat / 0.9 g sat), which fits a liquid seed oil (rapeseed or sunflower) in the fryer; the fries' own panel (about 34% saturates) points to a palm-type par-fry fat. Sunflower is the evidence-labelled guess for the fryer","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/burger-king"},{"chain":"Nordsee","country":"AT","slug":"nordsee","grade":"B","risk":"Medium Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":5.391,"menu_items_scored":50,"cooking_oil":"undisclosed frying oil: NORDSEE Austria publishes no oil statement on nordsee.com/at. Its own per-100 g panels for fried items show very low saturates (Fish & Chips 7.4 g fat / 0.21 g sat; Megafrites 6.2 / 0.11; Fish Nuggets Box 9.5 / 0.41), which rules out palm or tallow and fits a liquid seed oil; rapeseed (canola) is the evidence-labelled guess","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/nordsee"},{"chain":"Le Burger","country":"AT","slug":"le-burger","grade":"C","risk":"High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":6.507,"menu_items_scored":107,"cooking_oil":"undisclosed: Le Burger's Austrian menu and site name no frying oil (they only stress homemade sauces and butter-enriched buns); a liquid seed oil (sunflower or rapeseed, the Austrian norm) is the evidence-labelled guess for the fryer and the house mayonnaise-type sauces","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/le-burger"},{"chain":"Ströck","country":"AT","slug":"strock","grade":"C","risk":"High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":7.45,"menu_items_scored":202,"cooking_oil":"No deep fryer named; baked goods. Ströck's own ingredient lists name the fats per product: 'pflanzliches Öl (Raps- und Sonnenblumenöl in veränderlichen Gewichtsanteilen)' (rapeseed and sunflower oil in varying proportions) in most yeast doughs and strudel, (Bio-)Sonnenblumenöl, Rapsöl, olive oil in focaccia/ciabatta, butter or butter fat in Plunder and croissants, and palm-based margarine in some pastries; Krapfen and donuts are fried but the frying fat is not named separately","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/strock"},{"chain":"Vapiano","country":"AT","slug":"vapiano","grade":"C","risk":"High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":7.796,"menu_items_scored":159,"cooking_oil":"Not stated. Vapiano Austria publishes no nutrition values and no oil statement (allergen lists only). Menu copy names olive oil on bruschetta/caprese/Pizza Burrata, garlic oil (Knoblauchoel) on Garlic Bread and Aglio e Olio, pumpkin-seed oil on the pumpkin soup, and pesto oil; olive oil, chili oil and balsamic stand on every table (FAQ). No deep-fried items on the Austrian menu. Pan/cooking oil treated as vegetable oil, unspecified: an evidence-labelled guess","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/vapiano"},{"chain":"Der Mann","country":"AT","slug":"der-mann","grade":"D","risk":"Very High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":8.959,"menu_items_scored":189,"cooking_oil":"No deep fryer named; baked goods. Der Mann's own ingredient lists name the fats per product: Rapsöl (rapeseed) in most doughs and fillings, Sonnenblumenöl in some, butter in Plunder and croissants, and margarines of rapeseed, sunflower, palm, palm kernel, coconut and shea (partly hydrogenated in some sweet goods, e.g. 'pflanzliche Fette und Öle z.T. gehärtet (Kokosnuss, Raps, Sonnenblume, Sheanuss)'); Krapfen are fried but the frying fat is not named separately","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/at/chains/der-mann"}]}