How much seed oil is in Maggiano's Little Italy's food?
Maggiano's Little Italy averages an estimated 12.4g of seed oil PUFA per menu item, about 3.1 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 |
|---|---|
| Crispy Zucchini Fritte | 40g |
| Chef Mann's Country-Style Pasta | 37g |
| Linguine alle Vongole (White Wine Clam Sauce) | 34g |
| Salmon Oscar | 31g |
| Taylor Street Baked Ziti | 30g |
| Chopped Salad (full size, with dressing) | 30g |
| Shrimp Scampi | 27g |
| Fried Calamari | 26g |
| Grilled Salmon w/ Lemon & Herbs | 24g |
| Caesar Salad | 24g |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Maggiano's Little Italy:
| Item | Est. PUFA |
|---|---|
| Center-Cut Filet Mignon | 1g |
| Beef Tenderloin Medallions | 2g |
| Tiramisu | 2g |
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.