Local Fats Blog
10/17/2023 - 7/8/2025
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Starbucks swaps canola oil for avocado oil
Egg bites will soon be prepared with avocado oil.
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Siete Foods sells out, changes ingredients
Siete Family Foods has been acquired by PepsiCo and changes to their ingredients have begun.
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Steak n Shake switches to beef tallow
Nationwide burger and fries chain switches their fryers to beef tallow.
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Seed oil lobbyist to staff The USDA
The incoming administration’s USDA will be staffed by a lobbyist of the seed oil and snack food industry.
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Is sweetgreen seed oil free?
National salad chain, sweetgreen, went seed oil free for a few months before reverting to sunflower oil.
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Buffalo Wild Wings Canada fries chicken in soybean oil
Cooking oils used in the US and Canada differ at Buffalo Wild Wings.
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How to talk to your restaurant about seed oils
If you want to find out what cooking oils restaurants use, just ask! Here’s how to have “the seed oil talk” with your restaurant.
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Poll shows customers reject Zero Acre oil
Bad day for bug oil. Zero Acre Farm’s GMO Cultured Oil loses the vote in favor of beef tallow.
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Buffalo Wild Wings uses beef tallow, confirmed by allergen guide
Beef tallow, or beef shortening, is the go-to cooking oil for Buffalo Wild Wings. Here’s what their allergen guide says.
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Mexican fast food for seed oil free dining
Avoid seed oils while enjoying tasty, cheap food on the go by identifying your local Mexican fast food restaurants who use pork lard.
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Salt Lake City’s farm-owned restaurant serving coconut oil fries
Check out Redmond Ridge in Salt Lake City, Utah for fries prepared with coconut oil instead of seed oil.
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How to find seed oil free restaurants
Find seed oil free restaurants and restaurants that replace seed oils with better cooking oils.
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