{"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":"Starbucks","country":"OM","slug":"starbucks","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":1.741,"menu_items_scored":75,"cooking_oil":"no deep frying; Starbucks Oman (Alshaya Group franchise) publishes no ingredient, oil or nutrition statement - its only food document is an allergen data sheet - so bakery and sandwich fats are an unspecified vegetable oil / butter estimate and drink fat is dairy milk fat by default (estimate)","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/starbucks"},{"chain":"McDonald's","country":"OM","slug":"mcdonald-s","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":3.598,"menu_items_scored":78,"cooking_oil":"sunflower and canola oil blend in the fryers at all GCC restaurants (McDonald's GCC statement on its Qatar site, 2017: 'completed the transition of its cooking oil to a sunflower and canola oil blend at all of its 500+ restaurants in the GCC')","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/mcdonald-s"},{"chain":"Subway","country":"OM","slug":"subway","grade":"B","risk":"Medium Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":4.066,"menu_items_scored":45,"cooking_oil":"no deep frying stated; Subway Oman prints no oil, ingredient or fat figures for Oman on its talabat storefront (read 2026-10-09). Sub fat is meat and cheese; the PUFA scored here is mostly mayonnaise-type sauces (tuna is mixed with mayonnaise), the crumbed chicken, hash browns and potato crispers, and the oil in the bread, wraps and cookies, taken as an unspecified vegetable oil. Rows are the sandwich as built by default, before extra sauces. Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/subway"},{"chain":"Tim Hortons","country":"OM","slug":"tim-hortons","grade":"B","risk":"Medium Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":5.136,"menu_items_scored":78,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Oman: Tim Hortons Oman (AG Cafe, the Gulf franchisee) prints no frying oil and no fat figures for Oman on its Oman delivery storefront (read 2026-10-09). Donuts, Timbits, the apple fritter and hash brown are fried: scored as an undisclosed vegetable frying oil (about 58% of the fryer fat counted as PUFA), the higher-PUFA reading, since nothing the chain publishes for Oman rules palm shortening in or out. Muffins, cookies and cakes scored as bakery fat; tuna and Caesar fillings as soybean-type mayonnaise; milk drinks carry only dairy fat (about 0.5 g PUFA a cup), black coffee and tea 0. Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/tim-hortons"},{"chain":"Pizza Hut","country":"OM","slug":"pizza-hut","grade":"C","risk":"High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":7.839,"menu_items_scored":31,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Oman: Pizza Hut Oman prints no ingredient, oil or fat figures for Oman (read 2026-10-09). Pizza fat is cheese and meat plus dough/pan oil; the dough oil, ranch/garlic/dynamite sauces and any fried sides are scored as an unspecified vegetable oil (soy/sunflower type), the higher-PUFA reading. Pan crust carries pan oil; wings are scored as fried. Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/pizza-hut"},{"chain":"Hardee's","country":"OM","slug":"hardee-s","grade":"D","risk":"Very High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":8.963,"menu_items_scored":44,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Oman: Hardee's Oman (Americana Restaurants) prints no frying oil and no fat on its own site or its Oman talabat storefront (read 2026-10-09). Burgers are chargrilled beef; chicken fillets, tenders, nuggets and fries are fried; scored as an undisclosed vegetable frying oil (sunflower/canola/soy type, about half to 60% of the fryer fat counted as PUFA), the higher-PUFA reading. Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/hardee-s"},{"chain":"Burger King","country":"OM","slug":"burger-king","grade":"D","risk":"Very High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":9.6,"menu_items_scored":54,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Oman: Burger King Oman prints no frying oil and no fat for Oman on its own site or on its Oman talabat storefront (read 2026-10-09). Fried chicken, strips, nuggets, fries and onion rings scored as an undisclosed vegetable frying oil (sunflower/canola/soy type, about half to 60% of the fryer fat counted as PUFA), the higher-PUFA reading; flame-grilled patties carry little added oil. Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/burger-king"},{"chain":"Papa John's","country":"OM","slug":"papa-john-s","grade":"D","risk":"Very High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":10.355,"menu_items_scored":57,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Oman: Papa Johns Oman prints no ingredient, oil or fat figures for Oman (read 2026-10-09). Pizza fat is cheese and meat plus dough/pan oil; the dough oil, ranch/garlic/dynamite sauces and any fried sides are scored as an unspecified vegetable oil (soy/sunflower type), the higher-PUFA reading. Wings, poppers, strips and wedges are oven-baked per the menu text. Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/papa-john-s"},{"chain":"Domino's","country":"OM","slug":"domino-s","grade":"D","risk":"Very High Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":10.491,"menu_items_scored":157,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Oman: Domino's Oman (www.dominos.om, Alamar Foods franchise) prints no ingredient, oil or fat figures for Oman (read 2026-10-09). Pizza fat is cheese and meat plus dough/pan oil; the dough oil, ranch/garlic/dynamite sauces and any fried sides are scored as an unspecified vegetable oil (soy/sunflower type), the higher-PUFA reading. Wings and wedges are oven items; Chicken Kickers and Dynamite Chicken are breaded chicken. Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/domino-s"},{"chain":"KFC","country":"OM","slug":"kfc","grade":"F","risk":"Extreme Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":15.141,"menu_items_scored":50,"cooking_oil":"not disclosed for Oman: KFC Oman (Americana Restaurants) prints no frying oil and no fat for Oman on its own site or on its Oman talabat storefront (read 2026-10-09). Fried chicken, strips, nuggets, fries and onion rings scored as an undisclosed vegetable frying oil (sunflower/canola/soy type, about half to 60% of the fryer fat counted as PUFA), the higher-PUFA reading; Evidence-labelled guess, not the chain's statement.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/om/chains/kfc"}]}