Seed oil free restaurants in Durham
Local spots in Durham 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)
Chains around Durham that fry in beef tallow or other real fats
- Buffalo Wild Wings Beef tallow · 2 locations
- Captain D's Beef tallow · 2 locations
- Outback Steakhouse Beef tallow · 2 locations
- Popeyes Beef tallow · 2 locations
- 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 Durham
- McDonald's 3.0g per food item · 26 locations
- Chipotle 3.8g per food item · 11 locations
- The Melting Pot 3.8g per food item · 1 location
- Bruegger's Bagels 3.9g per food item · 8 locations
- Poke Bros 4.5g per food item · 1 location
- Au Bon Pain 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 · 1 location
- Moe's Southwest Grill 5.2g per food item · 6 locations
Chains graded A or B on their food (drinks, desserts and sauces left out) with locations in the Durham area, from OpenStreetMap data. See the full rankings.
Coffee, drinks and treats
- Menchie's 0.3g avg · 1 location
- Kung Fu Tea 0.5g avg · 3 locations
- Starbucks 1.0g avg · 27 locations
- Rita's Italian Ice 1.4g avg · 1 location
- Caribou Coffee 1.4g avg · 2 locations
- Andy's Frozen Custard 1.6g avg · 1 location
- Krispy Kreme 1.8g avg · 1 location
- Jamba 1.8g avg · 1 location
The ones to skip in Durham
- Jet's Pizza 25.4g avg · 2 locations
- bb.q Chicken 24.9g avg · 1 location
- Wingstop 20.6g avg · 1 location
- Papa Murphy's 19.5g avg · 1 location
- Little Caesars 15.5g avg · 1 location
- Marco's Pizza 14.9g avg · 3 locations
- Zaxby's 14.9g avg · 5 locations
- Jimmy John's 14.5g avg · 7 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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