Seed oil free restaurants in Charlotte
Local spots in Charlotte 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: beef tallow (fryer)
Cooks in: no seed oils
Cooks in: no seed oils
Cooks in: beef tallow (some dishes)
Chains around Charlotte that fry in beef tallow or other real fats
- Captain D's Beef tallow · 6 locations
- Outback Steakhouse Beef tallow · 5 locations
- Popeyes Beef tallow · 4 locations
- Buffalo Wild Wings Beef tallow · 3 locations
- Smashburger Beef tallow · 3 locations
- Steak 'n Shake Beef tallow · 3 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 Charlotte
- Everbowl 2.8g per food item · 1 location
- McDonald's 3.0g per food item · 54 locations
- Clean Juice 3.1g per food item · 4 locations
- The Original Pancake House 3.3g per food item · 2 locations
- Kura Sushi 3.5g per food item · 1 location
- Chipotle 3.8g per food item · 18 locations
- The Melting Pot 3.8g per food item · 1 location
- Bruegger's Bagels 3.9g per food item · 3 locations
- Einstein Bros Bagels 4.2g per food item · 4 locations
- Ruth's Chris Steak House 4.7g per food item · 1 location
- Boston Market 4.8g per food item · 2 locations
- CAVA 5.2g per food item · 5 locations
- Moe's Southwest Grill 5.2g per food item · 7 locations
- Steak 'n Shake 5.2g per food item · 3 locations
Chains graded A or B on their food (drinks, desserts and sauces left out) with locations in the Charlotte area, from OpenStreetMap data. See the full rankings.
Coffee, drinks and treats
- sweetFrog 0.4g avg · 4 locations
- Kung Fu Tea 0.5g avg · 1 location
- Pinkberry 0.7g avg · 1 location
- Gong cha 0.8g avg · 1 location
- Starbucks 1.0g avg · 66 locations
- Red Mango 1.1g avg · 1 location
- Rita's Italian Ice 1.4g avg · 1 location
- Caribou Coffee 1.4g avg · 3 locations
The ones to skip in Charlotte
- Krispy Krunchy Chicken 27.8g avg · 1 location
- Dave's Hot Chicken 27.2g avg · 3 locations
- Jet's Pizza 25.4g avg · 4 locations
- Sbarro 22.7g avg · 3 locations
- Wingstop 20.6g avg · 5 locations
- Papa Murphy's 19.5g avg · 2 locations
- Twin Peaks 16.7g avg · 2 locations
- Little Caesars 15.5g avg · 9 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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