As more customers from food service establishments adopt the Make America Healthy Again movement today, more restaurants also seem to respond to the call promising gastronomic experiences without seed oil.
But while many restaurants can say that they are free of seed oil, there has really been no way to reassure customers officially, so far.
The Free Free Seed alliance was founded in 2023 “to raise awareness, improve transparency and educate consumers about the prevalence of seed oils in our food supply,” according to the group's website.
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The co -founders Corey Nelson and Jonathan Rubin discovered that “there was no certification to verify that food is not really oil without oil,” Nelson told Fox News Digital.
Soon “they realized that there was an opportunity here not only to help consumers, but also to help companies, because it is more expensive to eliminate seed oils from most foods.”
The seed -free alliance, based in Florida, verifies that the restaurants are not cooked with seed oils. (Istock)
The Free Free Free Free Alliance, based in Florida, is an independent certifying organization with a coalition of public health and nutrition experts as advisors.
“Any legitimate certification body has certification standards,” Nelson said.
Those range from the precertification tests to the “surveillance after certification, where we can prove food once they are on the shelf,” he said, “to ensure that companies are doing what they say they are doing and that consumers can trust the seal.”
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All foods and restaurants with the seal are subjected to laboratory tests to ensure that they are free of all seed oils, including soybean, corn and canola oil.
Olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, butter and other refined animal fats are allowed.
Sometimes, seed oils are detected within the ingredients that restaurants did not anticipate.
During the certification process, tests are carried out to detect the presence of corn oil plus other types of seed oil. (Istock)
“We give them the option,” Nelson told Fox News Digital.
“You know, you can get away, not harm, if it is not the right time to make the change. Often, companies change, so we have this opportunity to help them meet our standards.”
'Not only the oil we were using'
Erin Leeds, owner of Garden Butcher in Boca Mouse, Florida, said that his restaurant was on the way last year to be the first restaurant to receive the certification, that is, until the avocado oil it was using did not pass the rigorous laboratory tests.
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“The evidence indicated that [it was] Not only the oil we were using, but many other avocado oils to which we were willing to change, all were adulterated in some way [and] He suspects that he has spotlight traces, “Leeds told Fox News Digital.
“Where there is a will, there is a way.”
After more than six months of trying to find a profitable solution, Leeds advanced with the help of Nelson and Rubin. She turned to the algae oil of a company in California.
“We bring two algae oil pallets every two months and use a storage installation to support them,” said Leeds. “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
The “seed oil” seal is certified at the main door of the Garden butcher in Boca Raton, Florida. The free seed alliance certifies both restaurants and consumer goods. (Peter Burke/Fox News Digital)
The butcher Garden in Boca Mouse is the first restaurant in Florida to receive certification without seed oil. (Peter Burke/Fox News Digital)
On the other side of the country, Jennifer Peters had been doing the same tests in his restaurant in Colorado.
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After doing so, only Be Kitchen became the first restaurant in the United States to receive certification. (See the video at the top of this article).
Peters said he was in the process of opening a second location when Nelson and Rubin gave him the news.
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“They really called and said: 'Oh, do you know what? There was an adulteration of oil in the oil of another company and yours has passed. So you are the first restaurant that is certified by seed oil,” Peters told Fox News Digital.
“That was great,” he added.
Only the French toast on the kitchen grill is done without seed oils. Only Be Kitchen became the first restaurant in the United States to receive Free See certification. (I only know the kitchen/love Leon Photography)
However, the Free Free seed alliance not only certifies restaurants.
Products such as Trubar, a snack made with totally natural ingredients such as cassava flour and comprehensive rice protein, have also received certification.
“I knew I wanted to make that change.”
“I knew I wanted to change,” said Erica Groussman, a resident of Florida, owner of Trubar, Fox News Digital.
“We only had a very small amount in our bars, but I knew I wanted to make that change.”
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While companies must pay a rate to be certified, Nelson said the price points “work very well for emerging brands such as in the packaged food industry or in mother and pop size restaurants.”
“I think that from the consumer's perspective, restaurants and packaged foods are equally important if you are looking to avoid seed oils,” Nelson said.
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“But I think that from the owner's perspective, it is much more difficult to remove all seed oils from a restaurant instead of a packaged meal.”
The objective, ultimately, said Nelson, “is to advocate and advance the availability of seed -free food options.”
