Fast Food & Restaurant Ingredient Transparency
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Official recipe analysis of popular chain restaurants to help you navigate seed oils, MSG, and industrial dough conditioners. Below is our curated listicle of verified clean options alongside comprehensive ingredient records.
The Best Clean Restaurants (Zero Monitored Additives)
Ranked clean options verified against official manufacturer label statements within the last 90 days.
All Verified Restaurants Records (4)
Chicken Sandwich (Standard Recipe)
Chicken (boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, enriched bleached flour [with malted barley flour, niacin, iron thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], fully refined peanut oil [with dimethylpolysiloxane {an anti-foam agent} added], sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, pasteurized nonfat dry milk, leavening [sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], spices, soybean oil, paprika, pasteurized egg), bun (bleached and unbleached enriched flour [wheat flour {malted barley flour, reduced iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate (Vitamin B1), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), folic acid}], water, sugar, yeast, soybean oil, vital wheat gluten, salt, cultured wheat flour, vinegar, calcium propionate [preservative], organic acids, monoglycerides, sesame flour, DATEM, soy lecithin, enzymes, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, ascorbic acid [dough conditioner], wheat starch, citric acid, potassium iodate, buttered flavored oil [soybean oil, palm kernel oil, soy lecithin, natural flavor, beta carotene]), pickles (cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, potassium sorbate [preservative], turmeric extract [color], natural flavor, dill pickle spice, beta carotene [color], garlic emulsion)
Caffè Americano (Standard Recipe)
Water, Brewed Espresso.
Small World Famous Fries (US)
Unknown
Fries (Australia, Standard Recipe)
Potatoes, Canola Oil (Acidity Regulator (330)), Dextrose Monohydrate (Preservative (220)), Mineral Salt (450), Antifoam (Non-ionic polyalkylene glycol), Preservative (223). OR Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola, Soybean, Cottonseed), Mineral Salt (450), Dextrose (from Maize). FRIES are cooked in McDonald’s Vegetable Oil blend and may be cooked using the same equipment as products containing Gluten, Wheat, Milk, Soy. Salt added.
What Additives Are Monitored in Restaurants?
When assessing restaurants, common culprits include industrial seed oils, synthetic food dyes, MSG, and artificial preservatives. Explore our detailed ingredient guides to learn more: