Seed oil free restaurants in Cincinnati
Local spots in Cincinnati 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: duck fat (some dishes)
Chains around Cincinnati that fry in beef tallow or other real fats
- Popeyes Beef tallow · 12 locations
- Buffalo Wild Wings Beef tallow · 11 locations
- Outback Steakhouse Beef tallow · 8 locations
- Steak 'n Shake Beef tallow · 5 locations
- Captain D's Beef tallow · 1 location
- Smashburger Beef tallow · 1 location
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 Cincinnati
- McDonald's 3.0g per food item · 57 locations
- The Original Pancake House 3.3g per food item · 2 locations
- Chipotle 3.8g per food item · 41 locations
- The Melting Pot 3.8g per food item · 1 location
- Bruegger's Bagels 3.9g per food item · 4 locations
- Einstein Bros Bagels 4.2g 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
- Morton's The Steakhouse 5.1g per food item · 1 location
- CAVA 5.2g per food item · 1 location
- Moe's Southwest Grill 5.2g per food item · 2 locations
- Steak 'n Shake 5.2g per food item · 5 locations
- Long John Silver's 5.5g per food item · 6 locations
Chains graded A or B on their food (drinks, desserts and sauces left out) with locations in the Cincinnati area, from OpenStreetMap data. See the full rankings.
Coffee, drinks and treats
- Menchie's 0.3g avg · 1 location
- sweetFrog 0.4g avg · 1 location
- Kung Fu Tea 0.5g avg · 1 location
- Biggby Coffee 0.8g avg · 10 locations
- Starbucks 1.0g avg · 51 locations
- Auntie Anne's 1.6g avg · 2 locations
- Graeter's 1.9g avg · 19 locations
- Dunkin' 2.0g avg · 36 locations
The ones to skip in Cincinnati
- Guthrie's 41.5g avg · 1 location
- Dave's Hot Chicken 27.2g avg · 1 location
- Jet's Pizza 25.4g avg · 2 locations
- Donatos Pizza 22.3g avg · 10 locations
- Wingstop 20.6g avg · 7 locations
- Yard House 17.6g avg · 1 location
- Shoney's 17.0g avg · 1 location
- Twin Peaks 16.7g avg · 1 location
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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