How much seed oil is in Hook Burger's food?
Hook Burger averages an estimated 9.9g of seed oil PUFA per menu item, about 2.5 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 Hook Burger cooks with
Vegetable oil, type not named. Hook Burger (four burger shops in Oxnard, Burbank, Pasadena and Valencia, California) says its sides are cooked in 100% trans fat free vegetable oil (its sides page and takeout menu, read 2026-11-12). It does not name the oil, but it flags soy on its fries, onion rings and chicken tenders, so we score the fryer as soybean oil, the higher reading. Most items use the chain's own printed total fat and saturated fat (its nutrition pages, last updated 2018), split by the saturated share between that oil and the dish's own beef, chicken, dairy or bacon fat. A few dishes the chart does not list (Crispy Chicken, Grilled Cheese, Pastrami, Sirloin Steak, The Wedge, chicken strips, shakes and floats) are our estimates from typical portions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Cobb Salad | 34.5g |
| Chicken Caesar Salad | 22.1g |
| The Trio | 21.8g |
| BBQ Chicken Salad | 20.2g |
| The Wedge | 20g |
| Asian Kale Salad | 19.8g |
| Hickory Burger | 19.5g |
| California Burger | 19.1g |
| Chicken Strips (5 pc) | 18.8g |
| Crispy Chicken Sandwich | 17.9g |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Hook Burger:
| Item | Est. PUFA |
|---|---|
| Orange Cream Soda Float | 0.6g |
| Root Beer Float | 0.6g |
| Side Salad (Garden, no dressing) | 0.6g |
The fine print
These are estimates, not lab measurements, and preparation varies by location. Full detail for every item is on the Hook Burger report card. See who else graded D or F on the F List, or the whole field on the Seed Oil Index.