How much seed oil is in Maggiano's Little Italy's food?
The average menu item at Maggiano's Little Italy carries an estimated 11.6g of seed oil PUFA.
That is grade D (Very High Risk) on our A to F scale, and roughly 2.9 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 Maggiano's Little Italy cooks with
Brinker International (Maggiano's parent) switched all fryers chain-wide to 100% soybean oil (trans-fat-free) in 2004, per maggianos.com/faq/nutrition — high confidence for fried items. Saute/dressing oils are not publicly disclosed, so sauteed pasta sauces are estimated at the 0.40 'olive oil blend' share and dressings at a similar undisclosed vegetable-oil-blend share; cream/butter sauces use the 0.04 dairy share.
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 | |
| Chopped Salad (full size, with dressing) | 30g | 7.5x the 4g day goal |
| Fried Calamari | 26g | 6.5x the 4g day goal |
| Caesar Salad | 24g | 6.0x the 4g day goal |
| Grilled Salmon w/ Lemon & Herbs | 24g | 6.0x the 4g day goal |
| Linguine & Clams w/ Red Sauce | 16g | 4.0x the 4g day goal |
| Chicken Parmesan | 13g | 3.2x the 4g day goal |
| Rigatoni "D" | 11g | 2.8x the 4g day goal |
| Gnocchi & Italian Sausage | 11g | 2.8x the 4g day goal |
| Stuffed Mushrooms | 10g | 2.5x the 4g day goal |
| Chicken Piccata | 8g | 2.0x the 4g day goal |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Maggiano's Little Italy:
| Center-Cut Filet Mignon | 1g | under the 4g day goal |
| Tiramisu | 2g | under the 4g day goal |
| Prime New York Strip Steak (16oz) | 3g | 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 Maggiano's Little Italy report card. See who else graded D or F on the F List, or the whole field on the Seed Oil Index.