Leading coffee chain Starbucks is exploring how to remove canola oil from its food menu in the USA, Straits Times reported from a Bloomberg News article.
As one example, the company was considering making its egg white and roasted red pepper bites without canola oil, a spokesman told Bloomberg News.
The coffee chain would also be adding a new egg bite to its menu made using avocado oil, the 8 July report said.
The initiative was part of a wider brand revamp aimed at reversing declining sales, with a focus on testing products that appealed to more health-conscious consumers, Straits Times wrote.
In June, Starbucks chief executive Brian Niccol had pledged in a meeting with US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr to further align the chain’s menu with the Trump administration’s health priorities, the report said.
Kennedy has specifically targeted seed oils, including canola and soyabeans, although multiple meta-analyses had indicated they had no significant impact on inflammation or the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, the report said.
Starbucks’ US menu has a number of items containing canola oil, including a bacon, gouda and egg sandwich, as well as potato bakes, according to the report.
At the time of the report, Starbucks had not provided a timeline for the changes to its US food menu.
In other health-related changes to its menu, the company had dropped a surcharge for non-dairy milk, Straits Times wrote.
