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Shop smarter with our certified list of seed oil-free snacks!
Snacking shouldn’t come at the cost of your health. But the truth is, most packaged snacks today are drenched in inflammatory seed oils, quietly wreaking havoc on our hormones, digestion, and energy.
If you’ve ever felt frustrated trying to decode what’s actually clean, you’re not alone. That’s why I put together this huge certified guide: to help you snack smarter, with zero seed oils, and keep the convenience in the kitchen.
Best of all, I picked snacks made by companies who take other ingredients seriously, so rest assured, they’re ethically sourced and healthy for you beyond just limiting seed oils.
But First—What Are Seed Oils?
Seed oils are ultra-processed industrial oils extracted from seeds. They’re usually heated, bleached, deodorized, and treated with chemical solvents to become shelf-stable, making them cheap for manufacturers but harmful to our bodies. These oils are high in unstable omega-6 fats, which can oxidize easily and trigger inflammation, hormonal imbalance, and even metabolic dysfunction when consumed regularly.
These are the major seed oils to avoid:
- 🛑 Canola oil (aka rapeseed oil)
- 🛑 Corn oil
- 🛑 Cottonseed oil
- 🛑 Grapeseed oil
- 🛑 Margarine (typically a hydrogenated seed oil blend)
- 🛑 Rice bran oil
- 🛑 Safflower oil
- 🛑 Soybean oil
- 🛑 Sunflower oil
- 🛑 Vegetable oil
Sneaky name & variants also used to disguise seed oils on labels:
- 🛑 Blended vegetable oil
- 🛑 Cold-pressed… [any of the above seed oils 👆🏼]
- 🛑 Expeller-pressed… [any of the above seed oils 👆🏼]
- 🛑 High-oleic sunflower/safflower oil (more stable, but still a seed oil)
- 🛑 Refined… [any of the above seed oils 👆🏼]
- 🛑 Shortening (often hydrogenated soybean or cottonseed oil)
Not seed oils, but still harmful:
- 🛑 Palm oil or palm kernel oil is not a seed oil but is often highly refined and linked to gut issues.
- 🛑 Hydrogenated oils or partially hydrogenated oils are trans fats and extremely toxic and known to damage the heart, brain, and cellular function. While these aren’t seed oils, they’re often used alongside them or indicate ultra-processed food.
Here’s a list of seed oils that are safe, nourishing, not inflammatory, and are minimally processed:
Here are the safest oils to look for on labels:
- ✅ Avocado oil (Look for “cold-pressed” to avoid industrial versions)
- ✅ Beef Tallow, Lard, or Duck Fat
- ✅ Butter (From grass-fed milk)
- ✅ Coconut oil (Virgin or Cold-Pressed)
- ✅ Extra-virgin olive oil (Look for “cold-pressed” or “first press”)
- ✅ Ghee (From grass-fed milk)
⚠️ These oils can be safe if they’re from trusted sources & unrefined:
- Red Palm Oil
- MCT Oil (usually from coconut; check processing)
Shop our top picks for no seed oil snacks:
✅ Chips & Crackers:
- Barnana Organic Plantain Chips
- Carnivore Crisps
- Ella’s Flats (all flavors)
- EPIC Provisions Pork Rinds
- Fat of the Land Sea Salt Potato Chips
- Flackers Organic Flax Seed Crackers
- Jackson’s Potato Classic Kettle Chips
- Jackson’s Sweet Potato Chips
- MASA Tortilla Chips
- Nufs Crispy Crackers (all flavors)
- ParmCrisps Original Cheese Parm Crisps
- Rosie’s Chips Kettle Cooked Chips
- Sunnie Gluten Free Crackers
✅ Bars
- Bearded Brothers Organic Vegan Protein Energy Bars (all flavors)
- GoMacro MacroBar Coconut, Almond Butter + Chocolate Chip
- GoMacro MacroBar Organic Vegan Protein Bar, Peanut Butter
- Jacob Bar Protein Bars (all flavors)
- Larabar Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Larabar Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
- Mammoth Bar Macadamia Coconut Bar
- PRIMA Grass Fed Protein Bars (all flavors)
✅ Hearty & salty
- Against the Grain Gluten-Free Pepperoni Pizza
- Against the Grain Garlic & Rosemary Dinner Rolls
- Ayoba Droëwors Grass Fed Beef Sticks (all flavors)
- Chomps Meat Sticks
- EPIC Protein Bars (all flavors)
- Jesse & Ben’s Classic Sea Salt House Cut Fries
- Khloud Olive Oil and Sea Salt Protein Popcorn
- Paleovalley 100% Grass Fed Summer Sausage Beef Sticks (all flavors)
✅ Granola & Nuts
✅ Cookies, Granola, & Sweets:
- Cappello’s Chocolate Chip Flaky Sea Salt Cookies
- Honey Mamas Cocoa Truffle Bars (all flavors)
- Hu Chocolate Bars (all flavors)
- Pumpkin Tree Peter Rabbit Organics Squeeze Pouches
- Simple Mills Almond Flour Crunchy Cookies
- Simple Mills Cocoa & Cashew Butter Sandwich Cookies
- Solely Fruit Jerky (all flavors)
- Sweet Nothings Organic Squeezable Fruit Smoothie Pops (all flavors)
- That’s it. Fruit Bars (all flavors)
- Toto’s Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Vegan Cookies
- Unreal Crispy Quinoa Chocolate Gems
