Foods high in PUFA 18:2

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured PUFA 18:2 content per 100 g, drawn live from 1,724 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in PUFA 18:2

Ranked by PUFA 18:2 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (approx. 65%)	FNDDS ingredient	65.7
2	Oil, industrial, soy, low linolenic	FNDDS ingredient	55.97
3	Oil, wheat germ	FNDDS ingredient	54.8
4	Oil, walnut	FNDDS ingredient	52.9
5	Oil, corn	FNDDS ingredient	51.9
6	Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking	FNDDS ingredient	51.5
7	Oil, industrial, soy, ultra low linolenic	FNDDS ingredient	50.91
8	Oil, soybean	FNDDS ingredient	50.9
9	Oil, sesame, salad or cooking	FNDDS ingredient	41.3
10	Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular	FNDDS ingredient	39.15
11	Nuts, walnuts, english	FNDDS ingredient	38.09
12	Mayonnaise, Regular	Foundation Food	36.74
13	Nuts, pine nuts, dried	FNDDS ingredient	33.15
14	Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	32.78
15	Salad dressing, caesar dressing, regular	FNDDS ingredient	28.97
16	Shortening, vegetable, household, composite	FNDDS ingredient	26.21
17	Sauce, horseradish	FNDDS ingredient	25.52
18	Seeds, sesame seed kernels, dried (decorticated)	FNDDS ingredient	25.23
19	Nuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched	FNDDS ingredient	24.36
20	Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese dressing, commercial, regular	FNDDS ingredient	24.32
21	Margarine-like, vegetable oil spread, 60% fat, tub, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	23.74
22	Margarine-like, vegetable oil spread, 60% fat, tub, with salt, with added vitamin D	FNDDS ingredient	23.74
23	Salad dressing, sesame seed dressing, regular	FNDDS ingredient	23.2
24	Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type)	FNDDS ingredient	23.13
25	Dressing, Ranch	Foundation Food	22.82

Lowest in PUFA 18:2

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1715	Cranberry juice blend, 100% juice, bottled, with added vitamin C and calcium	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1716	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1717	Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1718	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1719	Beverages, Fruit punch drink, with added nutrients, canned	FNDDS ingredient	0.002
1720	Pumpkin, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.002
1721	Mollusks, squid, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.002
1722	Pumpkin flowers, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	0.002
1723	Tapioca, pearl, dry	FNDDS ingredient	0.002
1724	Beverages, tea, herb, brewed, chamomile	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.