These are the salad chains where you’re able to bet on a great salad.

Sweetgreen

WhatShake Shackis to burgers andChipotleis to burritos, Sweetgreen is to salads.

This includes building a transparent supply data pipe and cooking everything from scratch, per the company website.

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“We receive our food in raw form.

We make it and prepare it back-of-house, just like a full-service restaurant.”

“We utilize local farmers within a 100-mile radius whenever possible,” says a company spokesperson.

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Our dressings are all made in-house in small batches, using fresh, quality ingredients."

By 2025, Saladworks promises that all of its chicken will be Global Animal Partnership certified and processed humanely.

Just how serious is the brand about its ingredients?

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Produce and lettuce are also grown using organic and natural methods.

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