Seed oil free restaurants in San Diego
Local spots in San Diego 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: 100% grass-fed beef tallow (burgers, fries and fried batter)
Cooks in: olive oil
Cooks in: beef tallow (fryer)
Cooks in: beef tallow (some dishes)
Cooks in: olive oil
Cooks in: no seed oils
Cooks in: no seed oils
Cooks in: beef tallow (fryer)
Cooks in: duck fat (some dishes)
Cooks in: beef tallow (fryer)
Chains around San Diego that fry in beef tallow or other real fats
- Popeyes Beef tallow · 9 locations
- Buffalo Wild Wings Beef tallow · 6 locations
- Outback Steakhouse Beef tallow · 5 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 San Diego
- Wetzel's Pretzels 2.2g per food item · 10 locations
- The Flame Broiler 2.8g per food item · 3 locations
- Everbowl 2.8g per food item · 3 locations
- McDonald's 3.0g per food item · 62 locations
- 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 · 19 locations
- Bruegger's Bagels 3.9g per food item · 6 locations
- Einstein Bros Bagels 4.2g per food item · 12 locations
- Round Table Pizza 4.6g per food item · 7 locations
- Ruth's Chris Steak House 4.7g per food item · 2 locations
- Morton's The Steakhouse 5.1g per food item · 1 location
- CAVA 5.2g per food item · 2 locations
- Long John Silver's 5.5g per food item · 1 location
- Pita Pit 5.9g per food item · 1 location
Chains graded A or B on their food (drinks, desserts and sauces left out) with locations in the San Diego 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 · 1 location
- Yogurtland 0.5g avg · 2 locations
- Pinkberry 0.7g avg · 2 locations
- The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 0.8g avg · 2 locations
- Gong cha 0.8g avg · 1 location
- Starbucks 1.0g avg · 125 locations
- Rita's Italian Ice 1.4g avg · 1 location
The ones to skip in San Diego
- Dave's Hot Chicken 27.2g avg · 3 locations
- bb.q Chicken 24.9g avg · 3 locations
- Sbarro 22.7g avg · 3 locations
- Wingstop 20.6g avg · 8 locations
- Yard House 17.6g avg · 1 location
- Peter Piper Pizza 17.1g avg · 1 location
- Claim Jumper 15.6g avg · 1 location
- Little Caesars 15.5g avg · 19 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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