Seed oil free restaurants in Austin
Local spots in Austin that cook in real fats instead of seed oils, verified by Seed Oil Tracker, plus the cleanest national chains you will find around town.
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Cooks in: no seed oils
Cooks in: avocado oil
Cooks in: beef tallow (some dishes)
Cooks in: beef tallow (fryer)
Cooks in: beef tallow (fryer)
Cooks in: no seed oils
Cooks in: duck fat (some dishes)
Cooks in: no seed oils
Cooks in: no seed oils
Chains around Austin that fry in beef tallow or other real fats
- Popeyes Beef tallow · 9 locations
- Buffalo Wild Wings Beef tallow · 2 locations
Each chain's own records say its fryer runs on beef tallow or another real fat. Sauces and dressings can still carry seed oils, so tap a chain for the item by item numbers.
Cleanest places to eat in Austin
- McDonald's 3.0g per food item · 39 locations
- Clean Juice 3.1g per food item · 1 location
- The Original Pancake House 3.3g per food item · 1 location
- Kura Sushi 3.5g per food item · 1 location
- Chipotle 3.8g per food item · 17 locations
- The Melting Pot 3.8g per food item · 1 location
- Einstein Bros Bagels 4.2g per food item · 5 locations
- Luby's 4.5g per food item · 1 location
- Ruth's Chris Steak House 4.7g per food item · 1 location
- Boston Market 4.8g per food item · 1 location
- CAVA 5.2g per food item · 6 locations
- Bill Miller Bar-B-Q 5.4g per food item · 1 location
- Long John Silver's 5.5g per food item · 2 locations
Chains graded A or B on their food (drinks, desserts and sauces left out) with locations in the Austin area, from OpenStreetMap data. See the full rankings.
Coffee, drinks and treats
- Menchie's 0.3g avg · 4 locations
- Yogurtland 0.5g avg · 1 location
- Dutch Bros Coffee 0.6g avg · 2 locations
- Pinkberry 0.7g avg · 1 location
- The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 0.8g avg · 1 location
- Gong cha 0.8g avg · 2 locations
- The Human Bean 0.9g avg · 1 location
- Starbucks 1.0g avg · 63 locations
The ones to skip in Austin
- Krispy Krunchy Chicken 27.8g avg · 1 location
- Jet's Pizza 25.4g avg · 1 location
- bb.q Chicken 24.9g avg · 1 location
- Wingstop 20.6g avg · 7 locations
- Papa Murphy's 19.5g avg · 2 locations
- Yard House 17.6g avg · 1 location
- Twin Peaks 16.7g avg · 1 location
- Little Caesars 15.5g avg · 2 locations
Graded D or F, over 8g of estimated seed oil per average item. Tap a chain for its full item-level breakdown.
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