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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Aimee Levitt

Salad chain Sweetgreen is caving to conspiracy theories about seed oils. Why?

bottles of sunflower oil viewed from above
Sweetgreen is touting a new menu free of ‘seed oils’. Photograph: Foodstuff/Alamy

It’s January, season of resolutions and virtue, when Americans collectively decide to throw out the butter and sugar and booze and embrace grain bowls and bone broth. Most of these resolutions – 80%, according to some studies – will fade by February, Super Bowl Sunday at the latest, so advertisers pushing dietary health trends have to strike fast.

Earlier this month, for example, the salad chain Sweetgreen unveiled a new January menu that is completely free of “seed oils”.

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