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The Ultimate Seed Oil Free Grocery Shopping Guide

Writer: Rachael ElizabethRachael Elizabeth
Jul 15, 202413 min read

Updated: Mar 4

If you're looking for all the best seed oil free foods, snacks, cooking fats, and condiments for your grocery shopping list, you're in the right place. We understand that making lifestyle changes can be overwhelming, and we're here to help!

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Here's a comprehensive grocery shopping guide for those that are looking to eat seed oil free. Keep in mind, that eating one-ingredient, real whole foods is always best. But we recognize that convenience has a place, so we've included lots of great brands that offer snacks and other food products with clean ingredients.


Below you'll find a breakdown of how to navigate different food groups when shopping seed oil free. All items listed are free of inflammatory fats such as canola oil, vegetable oil, soybean oil, etc. Some of these brands may not be organic or may contain sugar (though most do not). Ultimately, it's up to you to decide if something is a healthy choice for you! I've also included discounts for many of my personal favorite brands.


Important reminder: When it comes to living a more "low-tox" lifestyle, always go at your own pace. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Do your best and be proud of yourself for every effort you're making! Our bodies don't need perfection.


*If you're looking for more information about how industrial seed oils are affecting our health I'd recommend reading the book "Deep Nutrition" by Dr. Cate Shanahan.


Meats


Plain, raw meats will almost always be seed oil free. I'd recommend double checking the label to make sure there aren't any additives.


Note: Meats that come pre-marinated or pre-seasoned often have seed oils in them. Grocery store rotessiere chickens may be cooked with seed oils, sugars, or other artifical ingredients. Breaded meats also likely have seed oils.


Eat the best quality meat you can afford. Conventional meats still have lots of nutrients and are so much better than eating ultra-processed foods. That being said, pasture-raised meats are best for your health and the environment.


If you can't find a good local source for pasture-raised meats, here are some great regenerative farms that will ship their meats right to your doorstep:



Seafood


Plain, raw seafood is seed oil free, but it never hurts to double check the packaging. Sushi or pre-marinated seafood might have seed oils in them.

Eat the best quality seafood you can afford. In terms of nutrition and quality wild caught will always be better than farmed.


Many grocery stores offer wild caught seafood, but local fish markets or farmers markets will likely have the best options. If you can’t find a good local source, here are some good online options:


  • Sea 2 Table (code: RIBEYERACH20)

  • Vital Choice

  • Wild Alaskan company

  • Wild Pastures

    • They carry wild caught salmon and cod along with their pasture raised meats (you'll find them in the "add-on" section)

Dairy


Most plain dairy products are seed oil free. Check the ingredients to make sure there aren't any additives. In general, avoid plant-based dairy replacement products such as: margarine, vegan cheese, soy milk, oak milk, almond milk, etc (as those products typically do have seed oils). Most butter "spreads" have seed oils mixed in.


Many people with lactose intolerance find they tolerate raw dairy or A2/A2 dairy really well.

Refer to this blog post for tips on finding raw dairy in the USA. Raw dairy laws vary from state to state.


Here are some great dairy brands to look out for in the grocery store:


  • Alexandre Farms

  • Kalona SuperNatural

  • Raw Farm USA

  • Homestead Creamery


Anything that is A2/A2, non-homogenized, or low-temperature pasteurize (aka VAT pasteurized) will be better than most conventional dairy options. Many grocery stores, especially health stores like Sprouts or Whole Foods will carry high quality dairy brands.


Fresh Produce


Raw fruits and vegetables are seed oil free. If you want to find the best quality, look for a local source that's organic and pesticide free (check out farmers markets or local co-ops). Or better yet, start growing your own!


Snacks


Meat Snacks


All of these beef / meat snacks are pasture-raised, seed oil free, and refined sugar free. These are filled with high quality protein and fat to help you feel your best. If you want to make your own beef jerky, here's my recipe.



Chips


Here are all the seed oil free corn tortilla chips and potato chips I've found so far (and I've searched far and wide). Personally, I much prefer to buy the chips cooked in beef tallow, as I trust tallow more and feel better eating it than avocado or olive oil.


  • Masa Chips (code: Rach)

    • Made with 100% grass-fed beef tallow and organic corn. These are hands down the best chips I've ever had. The crisp is unreal and the tallow flavor combined with the corn is delicious. They don't come cheap, that's for sure! But worth it for a special treat.

  • Vandy Crisps (code: Rach)

    • Potato chips made with 100% grass-fed beef tallow and pesticide free potatoes. The ingredients don't get any cleaner and the taste is incredible! Vandy Crisps are created by the same parent company as Masa Chips.

  • Beefy's Own: Tallow Fried Potato Chips (code: Rach)

    • These chips are so tasty! They are thick, super crispy, and the tallow adds such a nice layer of flavor. Real fat makes them actually filling!

  • Rosie's Chips

  • Siete Chips

    • All of Siete's chips are made with avocado oil. They recently came out with corn tortilla chips (which are decent), but most of their options are grain free cassava chips. Unfortunately, I recently learned that they tested high in lead.

  • Boulder Canyon Potato Chips

    • Boudler Canyon has an avocado oil & olive oil chip line, but some products may have seed oils in them.

  • Jackson's Sweet Potato Chips

    • Jackson's has an avocado oil & coconut oil chip line, but some products may have seed oils in them.

  • Gilly Loco

    • Corn tortilla chips made with coconut oil.


Pork Rinds


Pork rinds are a great crunchy snack, especially for those on a low-carb or carnivore diet. Most are made with lard, but it's best to double check ingredients. These are some brands of pasture-raised pork rinds we like (that are seed oil and refined sugar free).



Fruit Snacks


All of these fruit snacks are seed oil free and refined sugar free. Most just include fruit as the only ingredient.



Nuts


Nuts are often roasted in canola or vegetable oil, so be sure to check the ingredients. This is such a shame because people eat them thinking they are a health food. Often times dry roasted or raw nuts will be seed oil free. Look out for sprouted nuts, as the sprouting process makes them more easily digestable.


  • Lark Ellen (Sprouted Nuts)

  • Costco: Raw organic cashews or macadamia nuts


Popcorn


I'd recommend making your own popcorn at home with tallow or coconut oil, then adding plenty of butter and salt! It's actually really easy to do and can be a fun activity for the family. Here are some brands to look for if you'd prefer to buy them.



Chocolate


These chocolate brands are seed oil free and refined sugar free. If you want to make your own paleo chocolate, check out my recipe here.


  • Honey Mama's

    • This chocolate is sweetened with raw honey and has very clean, organic ingredients. It's the best chocolate I've ever had! I'd recommend the oregon mint or the chocolate cake flavors—but you can't go wrong.

  • Hu Chocolate

    • Hu chocolate is sweetened with coconut sugar. I'd recommend the plain milk chocolate and the crunchy mint.


Cereal


If you're really craving cereal and are looking for a brand with clean ingredients, these are the few I've found. They are pricey! Pair them with some raw milk and you'll have a "better for you" cereal option. That being said, I'd rather steak and eggs for breakfast anyday.


  • Lovebird (code: Rach)

    • This is the cleanest cereal I've found. Very simple, clean ingredients and labeled glyphosate free. I tried them and they taste like cheerios! They are pricey, though.

  • One Degree Organic Foods: Sprouted Brown Rice Crisps

    • Some products from this brand do have seed oils in them, but not this particular product (at least at the time of posting). I appreciate that they're sprouted! It would be fun to make rice crispies with them.

  • Seven Sundays: Refined sugar free cereal

    • Some Costcos carry this. I don't love the ingredients but they're better than most.


Snack Bars


Here are some seed oil free options for snack bars. We don't eat this sort of thing very much, as we prefer meat snacks!



Granola



Cookies


Homemade cookies will always be best! But here are the cleanest store-bought options we've found. Some of them do have refined sugar.



Crackers


Seed oil free crackers are difficult to find! These are the brands we've come across so far. Let us know if you hear of any new options.



Bone Broth


When I run out of homemade bone broth, these are my "go-to" brands. They are made with pasture-raised bones and organic ingredients.


  • Fond Bone Broth (code: Rach)

    • Fond bone broth is just like the homemade broth. It even gets "jiggly" when kept in the fridge! The flavors are unmatched.

  • Kettle & Fire (code: RibeyeRach)


Cooking Fats & Oils


I'd recommend cooking with animal fats wherever possible (such as tallow, lard, butter, or ghee). When it comes to cooking oils, coconut oil, extra-virgin olive oil, and avocado oil are going to be best. Always make sure to buy them unrefined.


Studies have shown that up to 80% of olive and avocado oils sold in the USA contain seed oils, even if the packaging claims them to be extra-virgin and unrefined. I don't share this to induce fear, but rather to educate. For this reason, I don't often use them for cooking. There are definitely trusted brands out there, I just prefer animal fats!


For high-heat cooking and searing, use a fat with a high smoke point, such as ghee or tallow. Butter and lard have lower smoke points and are best for lower heat cooking.


Here is are the best fat & cooking oils to use:


  • Beef or bison tallow

  • Lard (pasture-raised)

  • Duck fat

  • Butter

  • Ghee

  • Extra-virgin unrefined olive oil

  • Unrefined coconut oil

  • Unrefined avocado oil

  • Unrefined palm oil


To render your own tallow or lard, ask your local farmer for beef suet or pork leaf fat (they’ll know what you mean). If you don’t have a good local source, you can order pre-rendered tallow/lard, beef suet, or pork leaf fat from these regenerative farms:



Condiments, Dressings, and Sauces


Homemade is always best when it comes to sauces and dressings. But we realize that convenience has a place! These are some great seed oil free brands to look out for:



Salt & Seasonings



Most table salts are ultra-processed, bleached, iodized, and stripped of their natural minerals. Read more about this here.


We’d recommend:


  • Redmond Real Salt (code: RIBEYERACH) Pure, unprocessed sea salt from an ancient mine in Utah. You will taste the difference!

  • Celtic Sea Salt

  • Himalayan Pink Salt (many sea salts are still heavily processed)


It's common for seasonings to have seed oils or other unwanted fillers (believe it or not).


Here are some seasoning brands with clean ingredients:



Protein Powder


Of course, it's best to get your protein from home-cooked meals, but a good quality protein powder is better than no protein at all. These are cleanest protein powder options I've found!


  • Equip Foods (code: Rach)

    • The unflavored version of this protein powder has only one ingredient, grass-fed beef. I use this when making my raw milk shakes! They also offer many flavors that are sweetened with Stevia.

  • Paleovalley (save 15% off through this link)

    • Paleovalley has both bone broth protein powder and whey protein powder. Both have very simple, clean ingredients.

  • Perfect Supplements (code: RibeyeRach)

    • Perfect supplements has grass-fed collagen powder with clean ingredients.


Grains


Most modern grains contain high amounts of glyphosate (a pesticide often referred to as "round-up", which is a neurotoxin. Our grains are also highly modified and usually are not properly prepared. Personally I believe this is why so many people are highly sensitive to gluten and other grains.


Even if a grain is organic, it doesn't mean its pesticide free. There are some brands that are starting to label "glyphosate free" which is great.


Einkhorn flour is often tolerated really well by those that have gluten intolerance or sensitivity. It is one of the only unmodified wheat options and contains an entirely different gluten structure.


When grains are fermented, sprouted, or soaked, they become much easier to digest (and we're able to absorb nutrients from them more easily).


It's important to eat plenty of high quality of protein when having grains or other high carb foods in order to maintain healthy blood sugar levels.


Rice


When preparing rice, make sure to soak it in filtered water for several hours prior to cooking. Put your rice in a bowl, then cover it with water and let it sit for a few hours or overnight. This will reduce the phytic acid and improve the digestibility of the rice. Most people will find white rice easier to digest. After soaking, cook with bone broth and butter/lard to add additional nutrients.


Corn


It's easy to make homemade tortillas with organic masa flour. My husband makes them with lard or tallow. This is going to taste better than store bought tortillas (and it's better for you).


Here are some good masa harina brands:


  • Bob’s Red Mill Organic Masa Flour

  • King Arthur Organic Masa Flour


Store-bought tortillas options:


  • Food For Life: Organic Sprouted Corn Tortillas (sprouted makes it easier to digest)

  • Organic corn tortillas (just make sure to check the ingredients)


Bread


We'd recommend homemade sourdough bread with organic or einkhorn flour. Most storebought bread brands contain enriched flours, seed oils, and artificial ingredients.


You may want to check local bakeries or health food stores to see if you can find some high quality bread!


Food For Life & Ezekial brand breads are seed oil free.


Baking & Desserts


Try to buy organic baking flours whenever possible, as this means they will be glyphosate free (or at least lower in glyphosate). Unenriched and unbleached is also best.


When a recipe calls for vegetable shortening or cristco, lard can often be used in place (it has a neutral flavor and works really nicely for baking).


Here are some good seed oil free chocolate chip brands:



Candy


We recommend making homemade candy and treats whenver possible. Most candy found in stores are filled with refined sugars, seed oils, dyes, and other artificial ingredients.


Here are a few brands that have "better" ingredients than most.



It's very common for chocolate to have "soy lecithin" in them, but the brands above don't. Some of these chocolate brands may test high in lead. Do your own research and make informed decisions. Also keep in mind that our bodies don't need perfection.


Marshmallows


I'd recommend making homemade marshmallows! They taste so much better and of course, are healthier too. I was able to find one marshmallow brand with clean ingredients, but they are expensive!



Sweeteners


For the most part, I avoid refined sugars including high fructose corn syrup and cane sugar, as they can be inflammatory.


Here are some natural sweeteners that can often replace refined sugars:



These are still sugar, but naturally occurring. It's still best to eat these in moderation and make sure to pair them with plenty of high quality animal protein to balance blood sugar.


Here are some low-carb sweetener options:


  • Allulose

  • Stevia

  • Monkfruit


Personally, I don't like these zero calorie sweeteners. To me, they taste "fake" and they still go through a lot of processing.


Skincare


Here are some great seed oil free skincare options. Unfortunately, modern skincare products are filled with chemicals and inflammatory ingredients (such as seed oils). These brands all have very simple, clean, and nourishing ingredients.



Household Cleaners


Here are some household cleaning options that have great ingredients (and that are effective). We use the Truly Free laundry and dish detergent and love it. We also use vinegar and baking soda for certain areas of the house.


  • Vinegar

  • Baking soda (aluminum free)

  • Castile soap (ex. Dr. Bronners)

  • Truly Free (code: RACH30)

  • Branch Basics (code: RIBEYERACH)

In Summary


Keep in mind that most of these items are not necessary, but may be good options for those looking for "better" ingredients in convenience foods.


It's easy to feel stressed and overwhelmed when you learn about food and household products that may be harmful to your health (such as seed oils). But it's important to remember that stress is harmful for your health too.


You do not have to change everything all at once! Start with a few small changes and add more as you feel ready. Try not to compare yourself to others that have been down this path for years. Every effort you make adds up and can make a big difference in your health over time.


Reminder: Make sure to do your own research and decide for yourself what foods / brands are best for you. Companies can change their ingredients and practices at any time.


I hope you found this seed oil free shopping guide helpful! If you have any requests or brands to add to the list, please leave them in the comments below. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Be sure to follow along on Instagram and YouTube for more content!







 
 
 

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