True Food Kitchen goes seed-oil free
True Food Kitchen has gone seed-oil free, the company said Tuesday.
The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based casual-dining brand, which has 46 locations, said that, beginning this month, it had removed seed oils from menus at all restaurants, across 18 states.
The brand is using avocado and olive oils, eliminating industrial seed oils from every ingredient of its more than 100 menu items, the company said.
Some experts have linked excessive consumption of seed oils and omega-6 fatty acids to various diseases and chronic illnesses, including arthritis, diabetes, and heart disease.
“This isn’t just a trend or a tagline. This is who we are,” Matthew Padilla, head of culinary at True Food Kitchen, said in a statement. “Most people don’t realize how pervasive seed oils are in everyday ingredients and eliminating them meant reevaluating hundreds of items across our kitchens.”
True Food said the effort to eliminate seed oils had taken years.
In 2022, True Food Kitchen committed to cooking with only avocado and olive oils, and shortly thereafter eliminated seed oils from 98% of its menu.
“By eliminating seed oils entirely, we’re staying true to principles that have guided us for decades,” Daniella Voysey Olson, True Food Kitchen’s chief growth officer, said.
In January, Steak ‘n Shake announced it was switching from vegetable oil to beef tallow for preparing its shoestring fries.
True Food Kitchen was founded in 2008. It has locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
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