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Top 50 Foods Highest in PUFA 18:2

Ranked by PUFA 18:2 content per 100g edible portion. Data from USDA FoodData Central.

PUFA 18:2: benefits, deficiency & absorption tips

#1 Highest

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

74.6 g

Foods ranked

50

with PUFA 18:2 data

Complete Ranking — PUFA 18:2 per 100g

# Food PUFA 18:2 (g)
1 Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, linoleic, (over 70%) 74.6
2 Oil, grapeseed vs #1 69.6
3 Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (approx. 65%) vs #1 65.7
4 Oil, poppyseed vs #1 62.4
5 Oil, industrial, soy, low linolenic vs #1 56.0
6 Oil, wheat germ vs #1 54.8
7 Oil, corn, industrial and retail, all purpose salad or cooking vs #1 53.5
8 Oil, walnut vs #1 52.9
9 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean and safflower oil, with salt vs #1 52.0
10 Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking vs #1 51.5
11 Oil, industrial, soy, refined, for woks and light frying vs #1 51.3
12 Oil, soybean, salad or cooking vs #1 51.0
13 Oil, industrial, soy, ultra low linolenic vs #1 50.9
14 Oil, tomatoseed vs #1 50.8
15 Oil, vegetable, soybean, refined vs #1 50.3
16 Oil, cooking and salad, ENOVA, 80% diglycerides vs #1 45.9
17 Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) and cottonseed vs #1 45.3
18 Oil, sesame, salad or cooking vs #1 41.3
19 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) and soy (winterized), pourable clear fry vs #1 41.0
20 Mayonnaise dressing, no cholesterol vs #1 40.6
21 Oil, soybean lecithin vs #1 40.2
22 Oil, sunflower, linoleic (less than 60%) vs #1 39.8
23 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular vs #1 39.1
24 Oil, oat vs #1 39.1
25 Nuts, walnuts, english vs #1 38.1
26 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, with salt added vs #1 37.4
27 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, without salt vs #1 37.4
28 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean oil, without salt vs #1 37.1
29 Shortening bread, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed vs #1 36.7
30 Shortening, special purpose for cakes and frostings, soybean (hydrogenated) vs #1 35.8
31 Nuts, walnuts, dry roasted, with salt added vs #1 35.7
32 Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (partially hydrogenated) vs #1 35.3
33 Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) vs #1 34.9
34 Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), pourable liquid fry shortening vs #1 34.8
35 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), multiuse for non-dairy butter flavor vs #1 34.6
36 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, with salt added vs #1 34.2
37 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, without salt vs #1 34.2
38 Shortening, special purpose for baking, soybean (hydrogenated) palm and cottonseed vs #1 34.0
39 Nuts, walnuts, black, dried vs #1 33.8
40 Nuts, butternuts, dried vs #1 33.7
41 Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) and corn for frying vs #1 33.7
42 Oil, rice bran vs #1 33.4
43 Nuts, pine nuts, dried vs #1 33.2
44 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), principal uses popcorn and flavoring vegetables vs #1 33.0
45 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels from shell, dry roasted, with salt added vs #1 32.8
46 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added vs #1 32.8
47 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, without salt vs #1 32.8
48 Oil, corn, peanut, and olive vs #1 32.6
49 Oil, peanut, salad or cooking vs #1 32.0
50 Salad dressing, french, home recipe vs #1 31.7

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