Eating out

Seed oil free restaurants in France

Short answer

37 places in France are reported to cook without seed oils: 3 cook with animal fats or fruit oils — beef tallow, lard, duck fat, ghee, butter, olive, avocado or coconut oil, 34 fry in peanut oil. Each entry reflects what the venue has been reported to use rather than an inspection, so call ahead before you rely on it.

Cities in France

Elsewhere in France

Towns with fewer than 3 venues do not get their own page, so their entries are listed here.

  • La friterie de ch'nord

    1 Rte d'Alès, Anduze, Gard

    beef tallow
  • MEAT

    16 Rue Saint-Antoine, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    beef tallow
  • Yellow Frites

    12 Rue d'Isly, Rennes, Brittany

    beef tallow

Frying in peanut oil

Peanut is a legume rather than a seed, so peanut-oil fryers appear on most seed-oil-free lists. The oil is still roughly a third linoleic acid, and opinion in the seed-oil-free community is genuinely split on it — which is why these venues are counted separately here rather than folded into the number above.

  • Five Guys

    63 Rue de la République, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    2 Av. des Belges, Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    1 Rue Gustave Flaubert, Blagnac, Occitanie

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    350 Av. du Plan de Campagne, Cabriès, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Parc et du Centre Touristique, Chessy, Île-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    44 Pl. de Jaude, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Centre commercial Créteil Soleil, Créteil, Île-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    La Toison d'or, Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Centre McArthur Glen, Douains, Normandie

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    326 Rue du Général Leclerc, Franconville, Île-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    28 Avenue de Ste Claire, La Valette-du-Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    31 Rue d'Alsace, Levallois-Perret, Île-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Trait d'Union, Lieusaint, Île-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Marseille Les Terrasses Du Port, Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    10 Av. Thiers, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    38 Parv. de la Défense, Puteaux, Île-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Centre Commercial Rosny, Rosny-sous-Bois, Île-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Centre Commercial Atlantis, Saint-Herblain, Pays de la Loire

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Centre Commercial CAP 3000, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    Centre commercial Neyrpic, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys

    24 Rue d'Alsace Lorraine, Toulouse, Occitanie

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Cannes Cineum

    Cineum, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Lille Bethune

    56 Rue de Béthune, Lille, Hauts-de-France

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Lyon Westfield

    Centre Commercial Part Dieu, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

    peanut oilchain
  • Five Guys - Strasbourg Cathedral

    12/18 Rue des Grandes Arcades, Strasbourg, Grand Est

    peanut oilchain

What to ask before you order

A kitchen can change supplier without changing its menu, and a venue that roasts in tallow may still fry in something else. Four questions settle it in about ten seconds:

  • What do you fry in? — the fryer is where the volume is, and it is often a different fat from the grill.
  • Is the dressing or sauce made in house? — bought-in dressings and mayo are almost always canola or soybean.
  • Are the buns or tortillas baked here? — bakery goods are a common hidden source.
  • Do you cook the vegetables in butter or oil? — the answer is frequently a blend.

How to read this list. Each entry reflects what the venue has been reported to cook with. It is not a certification, nobody has inspected these kitchens on your behalf, and menus and suppliers change — treat it as a shortlist to call, not a guarantee. The four questions above are worth asking even when a place is listed here.

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