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Circle K

5,809 locations · 1 rating

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What the score is made of

Four categories, weighted. Seed oils count three times as much as plastics or ultra-processing, so a poor seed-oil score pulls the overall number down hardest.

  • Seed oil3× weight0
  • Additives2× weight0
  • Plastics0.5× weight
  • NOVA0.5× weight0

Plastics has no ratings yet and count as 0 toward the overall score — an unproven category isn’t a free pass.

Full methodology: how we score restaurants.

What reviewers said

@Fable_X_Tallow3w ago

Circle K publishes real ingredient statements for its sandwiches, burritos and pizzas, and 17 of the 19 items readable name a seed oil - every sandwich bun lists soybean oil and the mini pizza crusts list liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil plus palm shortening. 18 of 19 carry an additive. The Roller Grill and Hot Snack documents are scanned images, so the taquitos and hot dogs are not covered.

Rated from the ingredient statements Circle K publishes itself at circlek.com/us/holiday-station/nutrition. Nine PDFs; the sandwich, burrito and pizza ones carry full ingredient statements. Seed oils: 17 of the 19 items I could actually read name one. Every sandwich and breakfast bun lists soybean oil, the Godfather's mini pizza crusts list liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil plus palm shortening plus more soybean oil, and the burritos and chorizo sandwich list several each. Only the Ham & Swiss came back clean. No swap is offered at a fuel counter. Additives: 18 of 19 carry at least one - phosphates in 18, mono- and diglycerides in 15, caramel colour in 12, sodium nitrite in 10, BHA or BHT in 7. Confidence is held at "I saw it" rather than "public statement" for a real reason: the Roller Grill and Hot Snack PDFs, which cover the taquitos and hot dogs Circle K is actually known for, are scanned images that cannot be read as text, and the documents are branded Holiday Stationstores.

Common questions

What is in Circle K's food?

Tallow reviewers check Circle K on four things: whether it cooks in seed oils, whether the menu carries artificial additives, whether food touches plastic on the way out, and how much of it arrives premade rather than made in the kitchen. The answers to each are scored below.

Does Circle K use seed oils?

Yes. Circle K scores 0/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Circle K use artificial additives?

Yes. Circle K scores 0/100 here — reviewers report a lot of artificial additives.

Is Circle K healthy?

Not really — Circle K scores 0/100, a poor score. Tallow rates what a kitchen cooks with, not how many calories are on the plate.

Does Circle K serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Yes. Circle K scores 0/100 here — reviewers report mostly premade or ultra-processed food.

Circle K locations

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  • 13285 State Road 156, Florence
  • 139 W Lagrange Rd, Hanover
  • 1219 Clifty Dr, Madison
  • 1005 N Riley Hwy, Shelbyville
  • 2243 N. Sr 9, Greenfield
  • 1124 W Main St, Greenfield
  • Greenfield
  • 1136 N State St, Greenfield
  • 2224 N 600 W, Greenfield
  • 2114 Sheek Rd, Greenwood
  • 1183 E Main St, Greenwood
  • 6955 S Emerson Ave, Indianapolis
  • 4221 S Emerson Ave, Indianapolis
  • 3801 S Post Rd, Indianapolis
  • 2485 N Post Rd, Indianapolis
  • County Road 600 N, New Whiteland
  • 4841 N Pennsylvania St, Indianapolis
  • 8598 Michigan Rd, Indianapolis
  • 5580 Georgetown Rd, Indianapolis
  • 4054 E Southport Rd, Indianapolis
  • 692 S State Road 135, Greenwood
  • 9400 State Road 144, Greenwood
  • 349 N Morton St, Franklin
  • 200 W Main Cross St, Edinburgh
  • 10080 N Us 31, Columbus
  • 1720 N National Rd, Columbus
  • Columbus
  • 3241-3499 S National Rd, Columbus
  • 107 W Commerce St, Brownstown
  • 2510 S Leonard Springs Rd, Bloomington
  • 504 W Temperance St, Ellettsville
  • 2700 E 3rd St, BLOOMINGTON
  • 201 W 17th St, Bloomington
  • Van Buren, Nashville
  • 6402 W 10th St, Indianapolis
  • 2540 N High School Rd, Speedway
  • 939 E National Ave, Brazil
  • 380 N 3rd St, Terre Haute
  • 2219 Lafayette Ave, Terre Haute
  • 6270 Wabash Ave, Terre Haute

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