Thanksgiving foods ranked by seed oil content 🦃

Worst to best, where grandma is hiding the canola oil

Author

Seed Oil Scout
November 21, 2023

You still have time to raid your kitchen for margarine and Pam and toss it in the trash. Here’s what we’ll be politely refusing this holiday season:

Would you gift an SOS Pro subscription for Christmas? We'll build the email-gifting flow if there's interest

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.

1: Oven-ready biscuits, Pillsbury

Threat level: HIGH nearly all store bought versions contain seed oils

Don’t trust the dough boy, he got that belly somehow. Almost all Pillsbury products contain soybean oil.

2: Store bought pies and deserts

Threat level: HIGH nearly all store bought versions contain seed oils

Demand desserts from a quality local bakery or made from scratch. Anything from a supermarket is going to have a laundry list of preservatives and seed oils.

If pie is homemade but crust is store bought, verify the crust.

Yep even Kirland, end of second row, “Vegetable oil”

3: Store bought gravy

Threat level: HIGH nearly all store bought versions contain seed oils

Gravy should be made from the turkey drippings, maybe some butter and nothing else. Anything from a jar or can is full of seed oils.

Heinz “Home style” gravy ingredients

4: Stuffing

Threat level: Moderate to High. Many recipes call for vegetable oil or margarine.

Substitutes: Use butter or ghee instead of vegetable oils or margarine. Be cautious about pre-packaged stuffing mixes, which may contain vegetable oils; consider making stuffing from scratch.

5: Mashed Potatoes

Threat level: Low to moderate. Some recipes call for margarine.

While butter is traditionally used, some recipes or pre-made versions might contain vegetable oils or margarines. Sweep the fridge for margarine on Wednesday night.

6: Turkey

Threat level: Low Turkey is typically roasted, and while some recipes might call for brushing the turkey with oil, it's not a necessity.

Obviously HIGH risk if your family does a deep fried bird, even in peanut oil.

Use butter, ghee, or olive oil for basting. For deep-fried turkey, use animal fats.

7: Cranberry sauce

Threat level: Very low

Nearly all cranberry sauce will poison you with high fructose corn syrup, but not seed oils. Enjoy, I guess…

Please argue with all of your relatives about their cooking, make them listen to Joe Rogan and tell them to download Seed Oil Scout.

Dine Fearlessly 🫡