How much seed oil is in Starbird Chicken's food?
Starbird Chicken 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 Starbird Chicken cooks with
The chain's own menu page states House Fries are "Fried in 100% rice bran oil" (starbirdchicken.com menu, CA and CO locations), which replaces the earlier high-oleic sunflower note; sauces are soybean-mayo based.
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 |
|---|---|
| Nuggets 20 pc | 30g |
| Wings 12 pc | 24g |
| Wings 10 pc - Nashville Hot | 20g |
| Wings 10 pc - Classic Buffalo | 20g |
| Wings 10 pc - Lemon Pepper | 20g |
| Sweet Thai Glazed Tenders (5 pc) | 19g |
| Nashville Hot Tenders (5 pc) | 19g |
| Classic Tenders (5 pc) | 18g |
| Wings 8 pc - Sweet Thai Chili | 16g |
| Wings 8 pc - Garlic Parmesan | 16g |
If you end up here anyway
The lowest estimated seed oil orders we track at Starbird Chicken:
| Item | Est. PUFA |
|---|---|
| Hot Honey Sauce | 0g |
| Mac & Cheese | 1g |
| House-Baked Cookie | 1.7g |
The fine print
These are estimates, not lab measurements, and preparation varies by location. Full detail for every item is on the Starbird Chicken report card. See who else graded D or F on the F List, or the whole field on the Seed Oil Index.