{"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":"Balls & Glory","country":"BE","slug":"balls-glory","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":1.592,"menu_items_scored":76,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed; no fryer on the menu. The chain says its balls are 'ovengebakken' (oven-baked) and its bitterballen 'ovengebakken'; the stoemp is made with 'goei boter' (butter). Estimates assume the pork / beef fat of the balls and butter, with an unspecified vegetable oil only in the breaded croquettes and dressings","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/balls-glory"},{"chain":"Le Pain Quotidien","country":"BE","slug":"le-pain-quotidien","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":1.846,"menu_items_scored":106,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Belgium. No fryer appears on the Belgian menu (tartines, salads, eggs, bakery); the menu names organic butter, olive-style basil oil ('basilicumolie') and a house chilli oil, and organic bakery products; dressings and mayonnaise oils are not named. Estimates assume butter in the bakery and an unspecified vegetable oil in dressings and mayonnaise","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/le-pain-quotidien"},{"chain":"Lunch Garden","country":"BE","slug":"lunch-garden","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":2.507,"menu_items_scored":196,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed. Lunch Garden names no frying fat on lunchgarden.be or in its allergen list (Allergenen Zomer 29/06 - 04/10, Versie 26062026); fries, croquettes, breaded fish and fried chicken are assumed to be fried in an unspecified vegetable frying oil","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/lunch-garden"},{"chain":"Panos","country":"BE","slug":"panos","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":2.599,"menu_items_scored":270,"cooking_oil":"no fryer; the chain's own technical datasheets (La Lorraine, the owner's bakery arm) name raapzaadolie (rapeseed oil) in the sandwich sauces, salads and many breads, butter or palm fat in the viennoiserie and pastries, and sunflower oil in a few items","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/panos"},{"chain":"EXKi","country":"BE","slug":"exki","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":3.691,"menu_items_scored":92,"cooking_oil":"no fryer menu; the chain's own Belgian ingredient statements name rapeseed oil (huile de colza / canola) in most sandwiches, dressings, salads and hot dishes, sunflower oil in some pastries, soups and the Salade de chevre, soybean and sesame oil in the Asian-style bowls and salads, corn oil in the Pastilla; butter in the viennoiserie and cakes","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/exki"},{"chain":"McDonald's","country":"BE","slug":"mcdonald-s","grade":"B","risk":"Medium Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":4.208,"menu_items_scored":109,"cooking_oil":"not stated by McDonald's Belgium today (no oil named on the mcdonalds.be menu pages or allergen page). Best evidence: VILT (Flemish agri-food news, 2007, updated 2020) reports Cargill Izegem supplies all Belgian McDonald's a fryer blend of high-oleic rapeseed and high-oleic sunflower oil mixed with classic rapeseed and sunflower oil (max 10% saturates); the chain's own fries panel prints 10% saturates of fat, consistent with that blend. Scored as unspecified vegetable oil (the higher-PUFA reading of the blend).","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/mcdonald-s"},{"chain":"Pizza Hut","country":"BE","slug":"pizza-hut","grade":"C","risk":"High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":6.472,"menu_items_scored":255,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Belgium. Pizza Hut Belgium's menu says its wings, breaded chicken and croqs are 'krokant gebakken in de oven' / 'in de oven gebakken' and the restaurant fries are 'ovengebakken frietjes' (no fryer named); the oil in the pan-pizza dough and pans and in the supplier's pre-fried products is not named on pizzahut.be, restaurants.pizzahut.be or in the allergen table (RF 1.24.1, 2026-06). Estimates assume an unspecified vegetable oil","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/pizza-hut"},{"chain":"Quick","country":"BE","slug":"quick","grade":"C","risk":"High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":6.828,"menu_items_scored":97,"cooking_oil":"unnamed 'huile vegetale' (vegetable oil) in the chain's own Belgian statements for the fries and Frit&Fondue; the Belgian daily DH reported in 2013 that Quick fries in a fluid blend of sunflower, rapeseed and grape-seed oil developed with Lesieur (replacing palm). The fries panel prints 7.7-8% saturates of fat, consistent with that blend. Pauwels mayonnaise, andalouse and samurai sauces: rapeseed oil (chain's ingredient lines).","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/quick"},{"chain":"Burger King","country":"BE","slug":"burger-king","grade":"C","risk":"High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":7.353,"menu_items_scored":88,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed by Burger King Belgium (burgerking.be product pages list components only; the FAQ names no oil). The chain's own fries panel prints 2.9 g saturates of 10 g fat (29%), which points to a palm-containing vegetable fryer blend; scored as unspecified vegetable oil (fried items split against palm, the highest-PUFA reading).","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/burger-king"},{"chain":"Domino's","country":"BE","slug":"domino-s","grade":"D","risk":"Very High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":11.461,"menu_items_scored":255,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Belgium. Domino's Belgium bakes its sides in the pizza oven (Crispy Oven Fries 'uit de oven', Potato Wedges 'uit de oven', Buffalo Wings 'rechtstreeks uit de oven', Kick'n Chicken 'geroosterd in de oven') and says its dough contains no animal ingredients; the oil in the dough and in the supplier's pre-fried products (wedges, breaded chicken) is not named on dominos.be or in the allergen chart (29/06/2026). Estimates use an unspecified vegetable oil","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/be/chains/domino-s"}]}