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Top 50 Foods Highest in SFA 16:0

Ranked by SFA 16:0 content per 100g edible portion. Data from USDA FoodData Central.

SFA 16:0: benefits, deficiency & absorption tips

#1 Highest

Oil, palm

43.5 g

Foods ranked

50

with SFA 16:0 data

Complete Ranking — SFA 16:0 per 100g

# Food SFA 16:0 (g)
1 Oil, palm 43.5
2 Shortening frying (heavy duty), palm (hydrogenated) vs #1 40.6
3 Shortening, confectionery, fractionated palm vs #1 36.0
4 Fish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenated vs #1 35.2
5 Oil, industrial, palm and palm kernel, filling fat (non-hydrogenated) vs #1 29.5
6 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, leaf fat, raw vs #1 26.8
7 Butter oil, anhydrous vs #1 26.2
8 Oil, cocoa butter vs #1 25.4
9 Fat, beef tallow vs #1 24.9
10 Shortening frying (heavy duty), beef tallow and cottonseed vs #1 24.5
11 Lard vs #1 23.8
12 Animal fat, bacon grease vs #1 23.7
13 Shortening, special purpose for baking, soybean (hydrogenated) palm and cottonseed vs #1 23.4
14 Shortening, household, lard and vegetable oil vs #1 23.0
15 Oil, industrial, cottonseed, fully hydrogenated vs #1 23.0
16 Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking vs #1 22.7
17 Beef, variety meats and by-products, suet, raw vs #1 22.6
18 Nuts, pilinuts, dried vs #1 22.0
19 Butter, salted vs #1 21.7
20 Butter, without salt vs #1 21.7
21 Fat, chicken vs #1 21.6
22 Butter, stick, salted vs #1 21.2
23 Fat, goose vs #1 20.7
24 Fat, turkey vs #1 20.6
25 Butter, whipped, with salt vs #1 20.5
26 Pork, bacon, rendered fat, cooked vs #1 19.8
27 Pork, fresh, backfat, raw vs #1 19.5
28 Shortening, multipurpose, soybean (hydrogenated) and palm (hydrogenated) vs #1 19.4
29 Shortening industrial, lard and vegetable oil vs #1 19.2
30 Shortening cake mix, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed (hydrogenated) vs #1 18.0
31 Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, cooked vs #1 17.8
32 Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, raw vs #1 17.7
33 Pork, cured, salt pork, raw vs #1 17.7
34 Oil, teaseed vs #1 17.5
35 Oil, rice bran vs #1 16.9
36 Veal, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable fat, raw vs #1 16.9
37 Oil, oat vs #1 16.7
38 Fish oil, sardine vs #1 16.6
39 Veal, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable fat, cooked vs #1 16.6
40 Oil, wheat germ vs #1 16.6
41 Lamb, Australian, imported, fresh, separable fat, raw vs #1 16.2
42 Lamb, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, raw vs #1 16.0
43 Margarine-like spread, SMART BALANCE Omega Plus Spread (with plant sterols & fish oil) vs #1 16.0
44 Chocolate-flavored hazelnut spread vs #1 15.9
45 Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ), palm, principal uses icings and fillings vs #1 15.8
46 Lamb, Australian, imported, fresh, separable fat, cooked vs #1 15.4
47 Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, jowl, raw vs #1 15.2
48 Fish oil, menhaden vs #1 15.1
49 Lamb, New Zealand, imported, frozen, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable fat, raw vs #1 15.1
50 Oil, tomatoseed vs #1 15.0

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