Cracker Barrel vs IHOP: which has less seed oil?
IHOP has less seed oil overall: 8.3 g of polyunsaturated fat per item against 9.5 g at Cracker Barrel. Averages cover every menu item, so the order you build matters more than the logo.
Side by side
| Cracker Barrel | IHOP | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | D | D |
| Average per item | 9.5 g | 8.3 g |
| Items counted | 183 | 223 |
| Fryer oil | soybean oil | soybean oil |
| Average main | 12.6 g | 12.5 g |
| Middle main | 9.0 g | 9.0 g |
| Mains under 1 g | 0% | 2% |
| Mains under 3 g | 8% | 3% |
| Mains under 5 g | 26% | 18% |
| Items at 10 g or more | 32% | 30% |
| Cleanest order | Lil' Barrel Cheeseburger (1.9 g) | T-Bone Steak Dinner (0.7 g) |
| Item to skip | Weekend Nashville Hot Southern Fried Chicken (102.9 g) | Fishermans Platter (39.0 g) |
| Chicken items, average | 22.2 g across 14 | 12.8 g across 3 |
| Burger items, average | 9.8 g across 5 | 17.7 g across 10 |
| Breakfast items, average | 10.2 g across 44 | 11.3 g across 92 |
| Sandwich items, average | 11.5 g across 4 | 12.0 g across 12 |
| Oil history | May 2007: Cracker Barrel sets a plan to drop artificial trans fat | October 2007: IHOP pulls trans fat frying oil from all its restaurants |
| More | Report card Fryer oil answer | Report card Fryer oil answer |
Where the gap sits: chicken items average 12.8 g at IHOP and 22.2 g at Cracker Barrel (14 items against 3); burger items average 9.8 g at Cracker Barrel and 17.7 g at IHOP (5 items against 10).
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Which has less seed oil, Cracker Barrel or IHOP?
IHOP, by 1.2 g per item on average.
What oil do Cracker Barrel and IHOP cook with?
Cracker Barrel: soybean oil. IHOP: soybean oil.
What is the cleanest thing to order at Cracker Barrel and at IHOP?
At Cracker Barrel it is Lil' Barrel Cheeseburger (1.9 g). At IHOP it is T-Bone Steak Dinner (0.7 g).
How much of the Cracker Barrel and IHOP menus is under 1 g of seed oil fat?
0% of the 92 mains at Cracker Barrel and 2% of the 114 mains at IHOP have less than 1 g of polyunsaturated fat.