Foods high in Fatty acids, total monounsaturated

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Fatty acids, total monounsaturated content per 100 g, drawn live from 1,835 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Fatty acids, total monounsaturated

Ranked by Fatty acids, total monounsaturated per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Oil, industrial, canola, high oleic	FNDDS ingredient	72.73
2	Oil, safflower	Foundation Food	71.6
3	Oil, almond	FNDDS ingredient	69.9
4	Oil, olive, extra virgin	FNDDS ingredient	69.2
5	Oil, olive, extra light	FNDDS ingredient	66.6
6	Oil, sunflower	Foundation Food	63.4
7	Oil, canola	FNDDS ingredient	62.6
8	Nuts, macadamia nuts, dry roasted, with salt added	FNDDS ingredient	59.28
9	Shortening industrial, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed	FNDDS ingredient	58
10	Oil, peanut	FNDDS ingredient	57.1
11	Oil, PAM cooking spray, original	FNDDS ingredient	49.79
12	Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts	FNDDS ingredient	45.65
13	Lard	FNDDS ingredient	45.1
14	Animal fat, bacon grease	FNDDS ingredient	44.87
15	Fat, chicken	FNDDS ingredient	44.7
16	Fat, turkey	FNDDS ingredient	42.9
17	Fat, beef tallow	FNDDS ingredient	41.8
18	Shortening, vegetable, household, composite	FNDDS ingredient	41.19
19	Nuts, pecans	FNDDS ingredient	40.8
20	Oil, sesame, salad or cooking	FNDDS ingredient	39.7
21	Nuts, pecans, halves, raw	Foundation Food	39.3
22	Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, with salt, with added vitamin D	FNDDS ingredient	38.88
23	Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	38.88
24	Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	38.88
25	Pork, cured, salt pork, raw	FNDDS ingredient	37.94

Lowest in Fatty acids, total monounsaturated

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1826	Sweet potato, raw, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1827	Beverages, Cocktail mix, non-alcoholic, concentrated, frozen	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1828	Waterchestnuts, chinese, canned, solids and liquids	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1829	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1830	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1831	Jellies	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1832	Beverages, tea, herb, brewed, chamomile	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1833	Beverages, tea, herb, other than chamomile, brewed	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1834	Beverages, Whiskey sour mix, bottled	FNDDS ingredient	0.002
1835	Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, flesh, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	0.002

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Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.