Seed oil free restaurants in New Orleans
Local spots in New Orleans 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: avocado oil
Chains around New Orleans that fry in beef tallow or other real fats
- Popeyes Beef tallow · 22 locations
- Buffalo Wild Wings Beef tallow · 2 locations
- Outback Steakhouse Beef tallow · 2 locations
- Smashburger 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 New Orleans
- McDonald's 3.0g per food item · 41 locations
- Clean Juice 3.1g per food item · 1 location
- Chipotle 3.8g 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 · 2 locations
- CAVA 5.2g per food item · 1 location
- Moe's Southwest Grill 5.2g per food item · 1 location
Chains graded A or B on their food (drinks, desserts and sauces left out) with locations in the New Orleans area, from OpenStreetMap data. See the full rankings.
Coffee, drinks and treats
- Kung Fu Tea 0.5g avg · 1 location
- Yogurtland 0.5g avg · 1 location
- Starbucks 1.0g avg · 23 locations
- Auntie Anne's 1.6g avg · 3 locations
- Krispy Kreme 1.8g avg · 1 location
- Jamba 1.8g avg · 1 location
- TCBY 1.8g avg · 1 location
- Dunkin' 2.0g avg · 1 location
The ones to skip in New Orleans
- Sbarro 22.7g avg · 1 location
- Wingstop 20.6g avg · 3 locations
- Shoney's 17.0g avg · 2 locations
- Little Caesars 15.5g avg · 5 locations
- Jimmy John's 14.5g avg · 3 locations
- P.F. Chang's 14.4g avg · 1 location
- Pizza Hut 13.9g avg · 9 locations
- Dave & Buster's 13.7g 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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