How much seed oil is in Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory's food?
Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory averages an estimated 10.5g of seed oil PUFA per menu item, about 2.6 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 Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory cooks with
Frying oil NEVER named by the chain (no allergen or ingredient statement published; rosascafe.com nutrition guide, May 2017 edition, + live HTML tables) - vegetable oil, type undisclosed, for chips, crispy shells and sopapillas. Flour tortillas are a LARD-type fat, not a bakery blend: Rosa's own add-on panel for one Flour Tortilla is 3.5 g fat / 1.5 g sat = 43% saturated, matching commodity lard (39%), not a vegetable shortening blend (20%); the chicken tamale masa and the cakes print real trans fat (5 g on the #50 Chicken Tamale plate, 7 g on the Chocolate Cake slice), i.e. a partially hydrogenated shortening. Dairy fat for queso and cheese; minimal oil on grilled fajita meat.
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 |
|---|---|
| #47 Chips and Guacamole | 44.1g |
| Chips & Guacamole (Small) | 44.1g |
| Chips & Salsa (Small) | 36.5g |
| #45 Chips and Salsa | 36.5g |
| #46 Chips and Queso | 35.8g |
| Chips & Queso (Small) | 35.8g |
| Carrot Cake Slice | 34.8g |
| Chocolate Cake Slice | 33.5g |
| #6 Deluxe Mexican Plate | 24.5g |
| #50 Tamale Dinner (Chicken) | 23.7g |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory:
| Item | Est. PUFA |
|---|---|
| Black Beans (4 oz) | 0g |
| Pico de Gallo (1/2 Pint) | 0g |
| Pico de Gallo (Pint) | 0.5g |
The fine print
These are estimates, not lab measurements, and preparation varies by location. Full detail for every item is on the Rosa's Cafe & Tortilla Factory report card. See who else graded D or F on the F List, or the whole field on the Seed Oil Index.