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Top 50 Foods Highest in Omega-6 Fatty Acids (PUFA)

Ranked by Omega-6 Fatty Acids (PUFA) content per 100g edible portion. Data from USDA FoodData Central.

Omega-6 Fatty Acids (PUFA): benefits, deficiency & absorption tips

#1 Highest

Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, linoleic, (over 70%)

74.6 g

Foods ranked

50

with Omega-6 Fatty Acids (PUFA) data

Complete Ranking — Omega-6 Fatty Acids (PUFA) per 100g

# Food Omega-6 Fatty Acids (PUFA) (g)
1 Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, linoleic, (over 70%) 74.6
2 Oil, grapeseed vs #1 69.9
3 Oil, flaxseed, cold pressed vs #1 67.8
4 Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (approx. 65%) vs #1 65.7
5 Oil, flaxseed, contains added sliced flaxseed vs #1 64.9
6 Oil, walnut vs #1 63.3
7 Oil, poppyseed vs #1 62.4
8 Oil, wheat germ vs #1 61.7
9 Oil, industrial, soy, low linolenic vs #1 58.9
10 Oil, industrial, soy, refined, for woks and light frying vs #1 58.2
11 Oil, soybean, salad or cooking vs #1 57.7
12 Oil, soybean vs #1 57.6
13 Oil, vegetable, soybean, refined vs #1 57.3
14 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean and safflower oil, with salt vs #1 55.0
15 Oil, corn, industrial and retail, all purpose salad or cooking vs #1 54.7
16 Oil, cooking and salad, ENOVA, 80% diglycerides vs #1 53.4
17 Oil, tomatoseed vs #1 53.1
18 Oil, corn vs #1 52.9
19 Oil, industrial, soy, ultra low linolenic vs #1 52.1
20 Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking vs #1 51.9
21 Nuts, walnuts, English, halves, raw vs #1 49.3
22 Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) and cottonseed vs #1 48.1
23 Nuts, walnuts, english vs #1 47.2
24 Mayonnaise dressing, no cholesterol vs #1 45.5
25 Oil, soybean lecithin vs #1 45.3
26 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) and soy (winterized), pourable clear fry vs #1 45.2
27 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular vs #1 44.7
28 Nuts, walnuts, dry roasted, with salt added vs #1 44.2
29 Nuts, butternuts, dried vs #1 42.7
30 Oil, sesame, salad or cooking vs #1 41.7
31 Oil, oat vs #1 40.9
32 Shortening bread, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed vs #1 40.6
33 Fish oil, salmon vs #1 40.3
34 Oil, sunflower, linoleic (less than 60%) vs #1 40.1
35 Seeds, hemp seed, hulled vs #1 38.1
36 Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), pourable liquid fry shortening vs #1 38.0
37 Shortening, special purpose for cakes and frostings, soybean (hydrogenated) vs #1 38.0
38 Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) vs #1 37.6
39 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, with salt added vs #1 37.5
40 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, without salt vs #1 37.5
41 Shortening, special purpose for baking, soybean (hydrogenated) palm and cottonseed vs #1 37.2
42 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean oil, without salt vs #1 37.1
43 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), multiuse for non-dairy butter flavor vs #1 36.8
44 Nuts, walnuts, black, dried vs #1 36.4
45 Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (partially hydrogenated) vs #1 36.4
46 Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) and corn for frying vs #1 36.0
47 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), principal uses popcorn and flavoring vegetables vs #1 35.6
48 Oil, rice bran vs #1 35.0
49 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, with salt added vs #1 34.3
50 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, without salt vs #1 34.3

* All values per 100g edible portion. % Daily Values based on FDA 2020 (2,000 kcal diet). Rankings update automatically when USDA data is refreshed.