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Red Robin Crispy Onion Rings
Frozen Foods
📊 NOVA 4🥛 Dairy-Free

Red Robin Crispy Onion Rings

Red Robin
14 oz
Available at Foodtown
240
Calories
3g
Protein
2g
Sugars
400mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
42
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Red Robin Crispy Onion Rings (14 oz) are a frozen convenience snack positioned as a quick, restaurant-style side for home occasions. You would find this bag in the supermarket frozen foods aisle, shelved near other frozen appetizers and sides like french fries, mozzarella sticks, and chicken nuggets, often close to branded frozen burger patties and family dinner bundles. Shoppers buy it for game-day spreads, casual weekend meals, or as a quick weeknight side to pair with burgers and sandwiches. The brand leans on casual dining associations — a chain-restaurant vibe that evokes bar-and-burger culture — appealing to families, young adults and anyone seeking indulgent, familiar comfort food without dining out. Packaging and on-pack language often emphasize "crispy" or "restaurant-style" texture and may call out "made with real onions" or similar cues; there is no organic certification listed and the ingredient deck shows enriched flours, added oils and modified starches. In plain processing terms, these are industrially prepared, battered and breaded onion rings that are pre-fried or par-fried and frozen for reheating. Sensory details: a golden, crunchy exterior gives a sharp initial crunch, with a softer, slightly sweet-cooked onion center; the coating is crisp and a little greasy from soybean/canola oil, and the crumb is fine-textured from wheat and corn flours and modified starch. Typical rituals include baking, air-frying or deep-frying from frozen, serving with ketchup, ranch or BBQ sauce on a platter for sharing. They carry a convenience and indulgence promise — quick, crunchy, and familiar — rooted in American fast-casual snacking.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 3
Servings per Container: 5
Calories240
% Daily Value*
Total Fat14g18%
Saturated Fat2g10%
Sodium400mg17%
Total Carbohydrate25g9%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars2g
Added Sugars1g2%
Protein3g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Onions,, Enriched, Wheat, Flour, (Flour,, Niacin,, Iron,, Thiamin, Mononitrate,, Riboflavin,, Folic, Acid),, Soybean, Oil, and/or, Canola, Oil,, Wheat, Flour,, Modified, Corn, Starch,, Salt,, Sugar,, Corn, Flour,, Onion, Powder,, Garlic, Powder,, Yeast,, Leavening, (Disodium, Dihydrogen, Pyrophosphate,, Sodium, Bicarbonate),, Spice,, Sodium, Alginate,, Natural, Flavors..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Canola Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

The ingredient list includes refined/enriched flours, vegetable oils, modified starch, emulsifiers/leavening agents and 'natural flavors'—a mix of industrial ingredients and processing steps typical of ultra-processed foods. The product is battered, pre-fried/par-fried and frozen for reheating, consistent with NOVA group 4.

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Common Questions about Red Robin Crispy Onion Rings

The healthiness of the Crispy Onion Rings really depends on your perspective and dietary goals. At 240 calories and 14 grams of fat per serving, they're a treat rather than a health food. If you're looking for a fun side to complement a burger night, they fit the bill, but maybe not as a daily staple.

Perfect For

game-day-prep
movie-night
weekend-brunch

Vibe:

indulgentconvenientcomfortingnostalgic
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