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Jack in the Box

2,347 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_Tallow1mo ago

Jack in the Box fries everything in a canola and soybean blend and brushes a soybean oil on every bun, egg and grilled item, so there is no seed-oil-free way to order. The bun alone carries soybean oil, sunflower oil, high fructose corn syrup and DATEM, though the beef patty itself is just beef.

Jack in the Box publishes a full ingredient and allergen guide dated June 2026, and it leaves no room for doubt. One fryer oil does every fried item - "Canola Oil, High Oleic Canola Oil, Soybean Oil and Dimethylpolysiloxane" - and a second soybean oil, the Butter Flavored Vegetable Oil, is brushed on every bun and used to cook the eggs, the grilled chicken and the grilled onions. The regular bun also has soybean oil, sunflower oil and high fructose corn syrup baked into it, plus DATEM, calcium peroxide and calcium propionate. Of 111 food components, 61 have direct seed oil exposure and 64 carry an additive; the ones that escape are lettuce, tomato, a cheese slice, a salt packet. The beef is genuinely just "Beef" and the smashed patty nearly so, which makes the bun and the sauce the whole problem. Artificial dyes are narrower than you would guess - only six items, including the pickles (Yellow 5).

Common questions

What is in Jack in the Box's food?

Tallow reviewers check Jack in the Box 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 Jack in the Box use seed oils?

Yes. Jack in the Box scores 0/100 here — reviewers report heavy seed oil use.

Does Jack in the Box use artificial additives?

Yes. Jack in the Box scores 0/100 here — reviewers report a lot of artificial additives.

Is Jack in the Box healthy?

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

Does Jack in the Box serve premade or ultra-processed food?

Yes. Jack in the Box scores 0/100 here — reviewers report mostly premade or ultra-processed food.

Jack in the Box locations

Showing 40 of 2,347

  • 2130 N Post Rd, Indianapolis
  • 2003 8th Ave, Terre Haute
  • 31 Junction Dr, Glen Carbon
  • 1 Corvette Dr, Litchfield
  • 830 Edwardsville Rd, Troy
  • 1360 W Highway 50, O Fallon
  • 1800 N Illinois St, Swansea
  • 1330 W McCord St, Centralia
  • 325 Highway 15 S, Louisville
  • W. Oak St., Palestine
  • Birmingham
  • 800 Virginia Ave Ste 26, Ft. Pierce
  • Longwood
  • 1610 Capital Cir NE, Tallahassee
  • 1000 River Road, Edgewater
  • 567 Wilmington Pike, Glen Mills
  • 45 North St, Hartland
  • 312 S 3rd St, Bismarck
  • 1458 W Broadway St, Idaho Falls
  • 424 S Woodruff Ave, Idaho Falls
  • 4640 Yellowstone Ave, Chubbuck
  • 1611 Pocatello Creek Rd, Pocatello
  • 123 S 4th Ave, Pocatello
  • 850 N Highway 41, Post Falls
  • 196 W Ironwood Dr, Coeur d'Alene
  • 2754 N Ramsey Rd, Coeur d'Alene
  • 711 N Sullivan Rd, Spokane Valley
  • 717 5th Ave, Sandpoint
  • 3818 172nd St NE, Arlington
  • 9603 State Ave, Marysville
  • 1125 4th St, Marysville
  • 26906 92nd Ave NW, Stanwood
  • 304 E College Way, Mount Vernon
  • 610 S Burlington Blvd, Burlington
  • 9408 Old Highway 99 North Rd, Burlington
  • 2820 Commercial Ave, Anacortes
  • 4717 Evergreen Way, Everett
  • 1020 W Bakerview Rd, Bellingham
  • 1075 E Sunset Dr, Bellingham
  • 1819 Main St, Ferndale

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