Foods high in PUFA 18:4

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured PUFA 18:4 content per 100 g, drawn live from 189 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in PUFA 18:4

Ranked by PUFA 18:4 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Fish, herring, Atlantic, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.214
2	Fish, salmon, pink, canned, total can contents	FNDDS ingredient	0.143
3	Toddler formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAGROW, PREMIUM (formerly ENFAMIL, LIPIL, NEXT STEP), powder	FNDDS ingredient	0.138
4	Fish, sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone	FNDDS ingredient	0.125
5	Fish, mackerel, Pacific and jack, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.125
6	Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.121
7	Fish, Salmon, pink, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones	FNDDS ingredient	0.108
8	Fish, mackerel, jack, canned, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	0.106
9	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, canned	FNDDS ingredient	0.096
10	Fish, mullet, striped, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.082
11	Fast foods, cheeseburger; single, large patty; with condiments	FNDDS ingredient	0.078
12	Fish, anchovy, european, canned in oil, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	0.078
13	Fish, salmon, pink, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.072
14	Fish, carp, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.058
15	Fast foods, hamburger, large, single patty, with condiments	FNDDS ingredient	0.057
16	Fish, salmon, sockeye, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.054
17	Fish, whitefish, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.05
18	Fast foods, cheeseburger; double, regular patty; double decker bun with condiments and special sauce	FNDDS ingredient	0.049
19	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.048
20	Fish, sea bass, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.046
21	Pizza, cheese topping, regular crust, frozen, cooked	FNDDS ingredient	0.041
22	Fish, whiting, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.041
23	Pizza, meat and vegetable topping, regular crust, frozen, cooked	FNDDS ingredient	0.038
24	Mollusks, mussel, blue, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.035
25	Fish, caviar, black and red, granular	FNDDS ingredient	0.033

Lowest in PUFA 18:4

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
180	Sweetened condensed milk	Foundation Food	0.0002
181	Bologna, beef	Foundation Food	0.0003
182	Pepperoni, beef and pork, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0006
183	Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumbles	Foundation Food	0.001
184	Chicken, broilers or fryers, dark meat, thigh, meat only, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
185	Soup, clam chowder, new england, canned, prepared with equal volume low fat (2%) milk	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
186	Cheese, swiss	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
187	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
188	Cheese, cream	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
189	Cheese, cheddar	FNDDS ingredient	0.001

More on PUFA 18:4

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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.