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Top 50 Foods Highest in Phytosterols

Ranked by Phytosterols content per 100g edible portion. Data from USDA FoodData Central.

Phytosterols: benefits, deficiency & absorption tips

#1 Highest

Oil, rice bran

1190 mg

Foods ranked

50

with Phytosterols data

Complete Ranking — Phytosterols per 100g

# Food Phytosterols (mg)
1 Oil, rice bran 1190
2 Oil, sesame, salad or cooking vs #1 865
3 Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried vs #1 714
4 Oil, wheat germ vs #1 553
5 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dried vs #1 534
6 Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, linoleic, (over 70%) vs #1 444
7 Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, high oleic (primary safflower oil of commerce) vs #1 444
8 Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, with salt, with added vitamin D vs #1 410
9 Oil, sheanut vs #1 357
10 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean and safflower oil, with salt vs #1 347
11 Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking vs #1 324
12 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, puffs or twists, cheese-flavor vs #1 276
13 Oil, poppyseed vs #1 276
14 Oil, almond vs #1 266
15 Oil, apricot kernel vs #1 266
16 Spices, cloves, ground vs #1 256
17 Oil, vegetable, soybean, refined vs #1 250
18 Oil, industrial, soy, refined, for woks and light frying vs #1 250
19 Spices, sage, ground vs #1 244
20 Oil, olive, salad or cooking vs #1 221
21 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, imitation, soybean without cholesterol vs #1 216
22 Nuts, pistachio nuts, raw vs #1 214
23 Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, tub, with salt, with added vitamin D vs #1 210
24 Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, tub, with salt vs #1 210
25 Oil, peanut, salad or cooking vs #1 207
26 Spices, oregano, dried vs #1 203
27 Oil, cocoa butter vs #1 201
28 Shortening, household, soybean (partially hydrogenated)-cottonseed (partially hydrogenated) vs #1 200
29 Shortening bread, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed vs #1 200
30 Shortening cake mix, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed (hydrogenated) vs #1 200
31 Shortening industrial, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed vs #1 200
32 Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) for baking and confections vs #1 200
33 Snacks, potato chips, plain, salted vs #1 181
34 Shortening frying (heavy duty), soybean (hydrogenated), linoleic (less than 1%) vs #1 181
35 Snacks, potato chips, lightly salted vs #1 181
36 Oil, grapeseed vs #1 180
37 Oil, walnut vs #1 176
38 Salad dressing, french, home recipe vs #1 176
39 Spices, paprika vs #1 175
40 Margarine-like, vegetable oil spread, 60% fat, stick, with salt, with added vitamin D vs #1 167
41 Spices, thyme, dried vs #1 163
42 Soybeans, mature seeds, raw vs #1 161
43 Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, with salt added vs #1 158
44 Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added vs #1 158
45 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated) and cottonseed, principal use as a tortilla shortening vs #1 152
46 Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) and cottonseed vs #1 152
47 Snacks, vegetable chips, made from garden vegetables vs #1 150
48 Shortening household soybean (hydrogenated) and palm vs #1 148
49 Margarine, regular, hard, soybean (hydrogenated) vs #1 146
50 Spices, fenugreek seed vs #1 140

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