Hopdoddy is replacing soybean oil with Zero Acre oil in every fryer at all 10 Austin, San Antonio and San Marcos, Texas locations.

​​All Shareables (9 flavors of fries & 5 flavors of Brussels sprouts), Chicken Tenders & Nashville Hot Sandwich.

- Its clean, neutral taste allows the flavor of ingredients to shine, resulting in fried foods that are crispy and delicious.

- Foods fried in Zero Acre oil absorb up to 15% less oil, resulting in fewer fat calories and a lighter feel. 

- Zero Acre oil uses 90% less land, consumes 83% less water, and emits 86% less CO₂ than soybean oil.

- Zero Acre oil contains 20x fewer inflammatory fats and 3x more heart-healthy fats (even more than olive oil).

Cooking with Zero Acre oil releases 10x fewer toxins than any oil over 30 minutes of cooking.

- Kitchens using Zero Acre oil attract seed-oil free and seed-oil conscious diners.

Zero Acre oil is an all-purpose cooking oil made from rain-fed sugarcane plants, the highest yielding crop in the world. Natural fermentation breaks down raw sugar from the sugarcane and converts it to oil with a neutral taste and low carbon footprint. This method uses 99% less water than olive oil and 87% less land than canola oil. 

It’s full of the same fats we’ve eaten for hundreds of thousands of years, made up of 93% healthy monounsaturated fat (making it even higher in good fat than olive oil), 4% saturated fat, and 3% polyunsaturated fat.

Good for any recipe, it has a clean taste that makes your ingredients shine, and a high smoke point for low-toxin cooking.

Step 1: Start with rain-fed sugarcane plants. 

These grasses are sourced from South America where they grow abundantly up to 20-feet tall. As the highest yielding crop in the world, sugarcane enables the production of cooking oil using 99% less water than olive oil and 87% less land than canola oil. Unlike the annual monocrops used to make most vegetable oils, sugarcane is a perennial crop – meaning harvesting sugarcane is like mowing the lawn instead of ripping a plant out of the soil every year.

We use non-GMO sugarcane from Brazil. Our supply chain partners use satellite imaging (20 years of data) through Global Risk Assessment Services (GRAS) to do an initial assessment of each growing region. No deforestation has been identified within the sugarcane harvesting area, and 0% of sugarcane growing regions are in protected areas, as defined by IUCN Categories I to VI, to ensure operations do not pose a risk to biodiversity. 

Step 2: Convert sugar to oil through fermentation. 

Raw sugar from sugarcane ferments in tanks over a few days. The sugar is naturally broken down and converted into oil – just as fermentation converts sugar into alcohol to make beer or wine. The result is a liquid cooking oil high in healthy fats with a clean, neutral taste.

Natural fermentation always involves a culture that converts sugars from milk, wheat, barley, or sugarcane into foods like cheese, bread, beer, rum or even oil. Algae and yeast are the most productive cultures when it comes to the fermentation of sugar into oil. 

Step 3: Purify & test for quality.

Once fermentation is complete, the oil is purified and tested for freshness and quality. We even share the specific fat profile and antioxidant content of every bottle of oil. Adulteration in the oil industry is a big issue and it’s why we make sure that Zero Acre oil is always pure and authentic.

Studies have found that 82% of store-bought avocado oils are rancid or adulterated with seed oils, and an estimated 75-80% of extra virgin olive oils sold in the US are fraudulent [*,*].

Zero Acre oil is safe to consume for those with common allergens, including soy, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, sesame seeds, shellfish, dairy, and gluten. It’s also certified kosher, vegan, and Whole30 Approved.

- Zero Acre oil contains more than 90% heart-healthy and heat-stable monounsaturated fat, even more than olive oil and avocado oil.

- Zero Acre oil contains less of the fats that have been linked to inflammation, heart disease, and poor health, with less than 3% omega-6 linoleic acid. That’s up to 10 times less than avocado oil, olive oil, and canola oil and 20-40 times less than sunflower oil, soybean oil, and grape seed oil.

- Zero Acre oil has a high smoke point and high oxidative stability, meaning it holds up to heat and storage, and doesn’t easily break down into compounds that harm our health. In a third-party study, cooking with Zero Acre oil was found to produce significantly fewer toxic aldehydes than with other cooking oils. You can read more about the results of this test in our health report.

- Zero Acre oil is vegan, keto, kosher, Whole30 Approved®, gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free, allergen-free, pesticide-free, glyphosate-free, non-GMO, and deforestation-free.

- A clean, neutral taste and high smoke point (up to 485ºF) make Zero Acre oil a versatile upgrade for all-purpose cooking duties. 

- You can use Zero Acre oil for everything — deep fry, stir fry, roast, bake, sauté, dress, spray, brush, and drizzle.

- Zero Acre oil is liquid at room temperature and stays liquid in the fridge, making it great for dressings and marinades.

- Zero Acre oil has a high smoke point and high oxidative stability, meaning it holds up to heat and storage, and doesn’t easily break down into compounds that harm our health. In a third party study, cooking with Zero Acre oil was found to produce significantly fewer toxic aldehydes than with other cooking oils. Read more about the results of this test in our health report.

Zero Acre oil has a low environmental impact compared to most vegetable oils and offers a scalable solution to many of the environmental problems caused by vegetable oils. The production of Zero Acre oil results in: 

- 87% less land use than canola oil

- 86% less greenhouse gas emissions than soybean oil

- 99% less water consumption than olive oil

- Comes in an infinitely-recyclable aluminum bottle

In order to put numbers to the environmental impact of different oils, an independent product life cycle analysis (LCA) was performed. The analysis found that the process behind Zero Acre oil results in a lower carbon and water footprint than nearly all major commercial vegetable oils.

A separate analysis looking at land use efficiency (the amount of land needed to produce one metric ton of oil) demonstrates that Zero Acre oil has the highest oil yield per acre compared to most major commercial vegetable oils.

Compared to the production of soybean oil, for example, Zero Acre oil emits 86% fewer greenhouse gases, consumes 83% less water, and uses 90% less land. Learn more about the results of this analysis in our sustainability report.