Foods high in PUFA 18:2 CLAs

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured PUFA 18:2 CLAs content per 100 g, drawn live from 78 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in PUFA 18:2 CLAs

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Butter, stick, salted	Foundation Food	0.358
2	Frankfurter, beef, unheated	Foundation Food	0.169
3	Cheese, cheddar	Foundation Food	0.167
4	Cheese, swiss	Foundation Food	0.163
5	Cheese, parmesan, grated	Foundation Food	0.138
6	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	0.134
7	Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared	Foundation Food	0.128
8	Cheese, American, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.123
9	Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim	Foundation Food	0.102
10	Bologna, beef	Foundation Food	0.0987
11	Pepperoni, beef and pork, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0952
12	Salami, hard, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0613
13	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Foundation Food	0.049
14	Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.042
15	Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled	Foundation Food	0.04
16	Sweetened condensed milk	Foundation Food	0.0379
17	Mayonnaise, Regular	Foundation Food	0.0354
18	Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted	Foundation Food	0.033
19	Oil, olive, extra light	Foundation Food	0.03
20	Sausage, Italian, pork, mild, cooked, pan-fried	Foundation Food	0.029
21	Sausage, pork, chorizo, link or ground, cooked, pan-fried	Foundation Food	0.029
22	Oil, sunflower	Foundation Food	0.029
23	Dressing, Ranch	Foundation Food	0.024
24	Bologna, classic	Foundation Food	0.0234
25	Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw	Foundation Food	0.022

Lowest in PUFA 18:2 CLAs

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
69	Lunchmeat, chicken breast, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0005
70	Peanut butter, Creamy	Foundation Food	0.0008
71	Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, cooked, braised	Foundation Food	0.001
72	Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve	Foundation Food	0.001
73	Edamame, frozen, prepared	Foundation Food	0.0015
74	Hummus, commercial	Foundation Food	0.002
75	Bread, white, commercially prepared	Foundation Food	0.002
76	Restaurant, Chinese, fried rice, without meat	Foundation Food	0.002
77	Ham, sliced, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.002
78	Lunchmeat, turkey, oven roasted, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0022

More on PUFA 18:2 CLAs

What PUFA 18:2 CLAs is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

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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.