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Foods high in PUFA 20:4 n-6

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured PUFA 20:4 n-6 content per 100 g, drawn live from 65 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in PUFA 20:4 n-6

Ranked by PUFA 20:4 n-6 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#Food or ingredientSourcePer 100g (G)
1Butter, stick, saltedFoundation Food0.077
2Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, restaurantFoundation Food0.042
3Pepperoni, beef and pork, slicedFoundation Food0.0374
4Sausage, Italian, pork, mild, cooked, pan-friedFoundation Food0.036
5Cheese, cheddarFoundation Food0.036
6Sausage, pork, chorizo, link or ground, cooked, pan-friedFoundation Food0.034
7Cheese, American, restaurantFoundation Food0.034
8Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortifiedFoundation Food0.034
9Salami, hard, slicedFoundation Food0.0338
10Cheese, swissFoundation Food0.032
11Cheese, dry white, queso secoFoundation Food0.028
12Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unpreparedFoundation Food0.028
13Cheese, parmesan, gratedFoundation Food0.027
14Bologna, classicFoundation Food0.027
15Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skimFoundation Food0.022
16Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, cooked, braisedFoundation Food0.021
17Frankfurter, beef, unheatedFoundation Food0.021
18Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg wholeFoundation Food0.02
19Chicken, broilers or fryers, drumstick, meat only, cooked, braisedFoundation Food0.019
20Bologna, beefFoundation Food0.018
21Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilledFoundation Food0.018
22Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roastedFoundation Food0.016
23Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesFoundation Food0.014
24Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, rawFoundation Food0.013
25Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, rawFoundation Food0.013

Lowest in PUFA 20:4 n-6

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

#Food or ingredientSourcePer 100g (G)
56Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin DFoundation Food0.001
57Fish, haddock, rawFoundation Food0.001
58Dressing, RanchFoundation Food0.0014
59Fish, pollock, rawFoundation Food0.002
60Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin DFoundation Food0.002
61Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfatFoundation Food0.002
62Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin DFoundation Food0.004
63Restaurant, Latino, pupusas con frijoles (pupusas, bean)Foundation Food0.004
64Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour porkFoundation Food0.004
65Mayonnaise, RegularFoundation Food0.0041

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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.