How much seed oil is in Dave's Hot Chicken's food?
The average menu item at Dave's Hot Chicken carries an estimated 14.0g of seed oil PUFA.
That is grade F (Extreme Risk) on our A to F scale, and roughly 3.5 days of the 4g daily goal many people in the seed oil free community aim for, in one average item. Method and grade scale on the methodology page.
What Dave's Hot Chicken cooks with
Fries in a soybean-type seed oil blend (basis: 1 tender = 10g PUFA); Dave's sauce, kale slaw and ranch are soybean-mayo based and stack on top.
The 10 highest seed oil items we measured
Estimated PUFA grams per listed serving, from published nutrition data and the disclosed or assumed cooking oil:
| Item | Est. PUFA | |
| Hot Box Tenders | 55g | 13.8x the 4g day goal |
| Hot Box Sliders | 50g | 12.5x the 4g day goal |
| 4 Tenders | 44g | 11.0x the 4g day goal |
| #1 Two Sliders w/ Fries | 43g | 10.8x the 4g day goal |
| Hot Box Dave's Bites | 40g | 10.0x the 4g day goal |
| #2 Slider & Tender w/ Fries | 37g | 9.2x the 4g day goal |
| 3 Tenders | 33g | 8.2x the 4g day goal |
| Two Sliders | 32g | 8.0x the 4g day goal |
| 2 Sliders with Fries | 31g | 7.8x the 4g day goal |
| #3 Two Tenders w/ Fries | 31g | 7.8x the 4g day goal |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Dave's Hot Chicken:
| Strawberry Shake Small | 1g | under the 4g day goal |
| Chocolate Shake Small | 1g | under the 4g day goal |
| Side of Dave's Sauce | 1g | under the 4g day goal |
The fine print
These are estimates, not lab measurements, and preparation varies by location. Full detail for every item is on the Dave's Hot Chicken report card. See who else graded D or F on the F List, or the whole field on the Seed Oil Index.