Dining Fearlessly with Seed Oil Scout

Going out to eat is a luxury, but dining out means that you have no real knowledge or control over what is put in your food. While you may spend time in your personal life jumping through hoops to avoid processed foods or seed oils, any progress could be deterred by local restaurants who do not take the same precautions. Is there a solution for dining out consciously and carefully? 

Seed Oil Scout is a free app that maps out conscious cooking and encourages you to “dine as if your life depends on it.” The app allows you to identify restaurants using healthy oils and local ingredients, contact restaurants about their cooking oils, and share knowledge with others seeking the same information. 

In this episode, a representative from Seed Oil Scout talks to Jen about what seed oils are, how different cooking oils impact your body, and how to get more restaurants on the Seed Oil Scout app.  

Key Takeaways

• [04:04] - What are seed oils and how do they impact your body?
• [07:34] - Seed Oil Scout’s story.
• [09:12] - Why restaurants continue to use seed oils.
• [11:32] - How restaurant prices are affected by healthy oils.
• [14:44] - Why Seed Oil Scout focuses on restaurants.
• [16:46] - How listeners can get more restaurants on the app.
• [18:07] - Where to find Seed Oil Scout.

Quotes

[07:11] - “The feature in the app is called the automailer. When you open a restaurant in the app, it essentially scrapes their website for an email address and then you can, with one tap, send our template email over to them. It says you're allergic to common vegetable oils and you're okay with the safe fats and asks what your options are.” ~ Seed Oil Scout

[13:08] - “It’s taking the market some time to catch up with demand. ~ Seed Oil Scout

[15:15] - Restaurants are just a black box. You have no idea really what's going on in the kitchen. You have to be a little bit clever to get that information out of restaurants. Before this app existed, I'd be asking restaurants what oil they use, and then that information would just go away forever. But now if you ask, you can share that information with thousands of people.” ~ Seed Oil Scout

Links 

• Seed Oil Scout
• Seed Oil Scout on Twitter
• Springbone Kitchen
• Naked Farmer
• Aubergine Kitchen
• True Food Kitchen
• Holey Grail Donuts
• Ruggles Black

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