Cooking oil audit across 10 locations
FRY THE COOP is rated Use Caution. Use Caution means: seed oils or unconfirmed answers in several areas, often including the fryer.
At FRY THE COOP: 1 area confirmed seed-oil free (fryer oil), 2 areas with seed oils (bread and sauces), 1 area not confirmed (cooking fats) and 1 area that doesn't apply (dressings).
Oil Watch audits five areas and weights them: fryer oil 35%, cooking fats 25%, dressings 15%, bread 15% and sauces 10%. A confirmed seed-oil-free area scores in full, a confirmed seed oil scores nothing, an unconfirmed area counts half and an area that doesn't apply is left out. A weighted score of 85 or more is Seed Oil Free, 70 to 84 is Mostly Clean, 40 to 69 is Use Caution and anything lower is Contains Seed Oils. How Oil Watch works
In some areas. FRY THE COOP is rated Use Caution by Oil Watch: seed oils are confirmed in the bread and sauces, while the fryer oil is seed-oil free. The cooking fats are not confirmed yet. Dressings don't apply here.
A seed-oil-free fat. Oil Watch's audit found FRY THE COOP doesn't fry in seed oil. The audit notes: beef tallow fried.
Yes. Oil Watch's audit found seed oil in the bread at FRY THE COOP.
Yes. Oil Watch's audit found seed oil in the sauces at FRY THE COOP.
Cooking fats are not confirmed yet, so ask staff about them before you order.
Oil Watch lists 10 FRY THE COOP locations in 8 cities across 1 state. All of them share the same rating: Use Caution.
Cities: Chicago, IL (3), Bolingbrook, IL, Darien, IL, Elmhurst, IL, Joliet, IL, Oak Lawn, IL, Prospect Heights, IL, Tinley Park, IL