What oil does The Original Pancake House fry in?
The Original Pancake House cooks with clarified/rendered butter on the griddle for Apple Pancake, Dutch Baby, potato pancakes, French toast, crepes and GF pancakes (no peanut oil); standard buttermilk pancake and waffle batters and general food prep use peanut oil per chain allergen notice (official consumer-information page + franchise menu allergen statements).
The 5 cleanest things to order at The Original Pancake House
Learn this once: a salad with grilled protein and the dressing left off is nearly always the lowest seed oil order anywhere. So the list below sticks to real meals, salads included, never just a water.
| Swedish Pancakes | 1.0g PUFA |
| French Crepes | 1.0g PUFA |
| Bacon (3 slices) | 1.0g PUFA |
| Hickory Smoked Ham | 1.0g PUFA |
| Potato Pancakes | 2.0g PUFA |
Lower PUFA is cleaner. These are estimates from published nutrition data and disclosed oils; preparation varies by location.
Why the frying oil matters
Most fast-food chains fry in seed oils like soybean, canola, corn, or a blend of them, which are high in polyunsaturated fat (PUFA). A handful still use beef tallow or other stable fats, which are far lower in PUFA. The oil a kitchen fries in is the single biggest driver of how much seed oil ends up on your plate. See the full breakdown on the The Original Pancake House report card, or where it lands on the Seed Oil Index.
Does The Original Pancake House use beef tallow?
No. The Original Pancake House cooks with clarified/rendered butter on the griddle for Apple Pancake, Dutch Baby, potato pancakes, French toast, crepes and GF pancakes (no peanut oil); standard buttermilk pancake and waffle batters and general food prep use peanut oil per chain allergen notice (official consumer-information page + franchise menu allergen statements), not beef tallow. See which chains fry in real fats on Tallow Watch.