{"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":2,"chains":[{"chain":"McDonald's","country":"VI","slug":"mcdonald-s","grade":"A","risk":"Low Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":3.237,"menu_items_scored":35,"cooking_oil":"not stated: McDonald's U.S. Virgin Islands (mcdonalds.vi, the Arcos Dorados site for Saint Thomas and Saint Croix) names no frying oil, and its product data prints calories, total fat, carbohydrate, protein and sodium but leaves saturated and trans fat blank. The US McDonald's oil statement and nutrition guide do not say they cover the U.S. Virgin Islands on this site and were not used. Best evidence-labelled guess: unspecified vegetable oil (58% PUFA) for fries, McNuggets and the McChicken patty. Every pufa here = the chain's own printed total fat x a share for the kind of food (fries 0.58; McNuggets 0.55; McChicken 0.52; Big Mac and Hamburger 0.28; cheeseburgers 0.16; Quarter Pounders 0.15; GoGurt milk fat 0.054).","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/vi/chains/mcdonald-s"},{"chain":"Subway","country":"VI","slug":"subway","grade":"B","risk":"Medium Risk","avg_pufa_per_item":4.404,"menu_items_scored":73,"cooking_oil":"not stated: Subway's own U.S. Virgin Islands site (subway.com/en-VI) lists the menu but its Nutrition page carries no figures or document and its product pages return 'Not found'; it makes no statement that the US nutrition guide covers the U.S. Virgin Islands, so the US guide was not used. Nothing is deep-fried at the counter; the seed-oil load is mayonnaise-based fillings and sauces (tuna, Seafood Sensation, Regular Mayonnaise, Chipotle Southwest), scored as soybean-type mayonnaise, plus bread oil (higher-PUFA-wins). Subs and salads are scored as meat, cheese and vegetables WITHOUT added sauce; the four sauces the site lists are separate rows (one 6-inch portion). Footlong = two 6-inch.","seed_oil_free_verified":false,"report_card":"https://seedoiltracker.com/vi/chains/subway"}]}