Foods high in PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) content per 100 g, drawn live from 415 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)

Ranked by PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Fish, caviar, black and red, granular	FNDDS ingredient	2.74
2	Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.862
3	Fish, herring, Atlantic, pickled	FNDDS ingredient	0.843
4	Fish, anchovy, european, canned in oil, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	0.763
5	Fish, herring, Atlantic, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.709
6	Fish, mackerel, Pacific and jack, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.509
7	Fish, sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone	FNDDS ingredient	0.473
8	Fish, mackerel, jack, canned, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	0.434
9	Fish, salmon, pink, canned, total can contents	FNDDS ingredient	0.323
10	Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farm raised, raw	Foundation Food	0.318
11	Fish, whitefish, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.317
12	Fish, shark, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.316
13	Crustaceans, shrimp, mixed species, canned	FNDDS ingredient	0.293
14	Fish, Salmon, pink, canned, drained solids, without skin and bones	FNDDS ingredient	0.274
15	Fish, salmon, sockeye, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.251
16	Fish, carp, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.238
17	Fish, trout, rainbow, farmed, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.217
18	Fish, mullet, striped, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.217
19	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, canned	FNDDS ingredient	0.211
20	Fish, salmon, sockeye, wild caught, raw	Foundation Food	0.211
21	Mollusks, mussel, blue, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.188
22	Seaweed, wakame, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.186
23	Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked	FNDDS ingredient	0.183
24	Fish, salmon, pink, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.182
25	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.177

Lowest in PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
406	Oil, safflower	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
407	Crackers, cheese, regular	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
408	Cookies, raisin, soft-type	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
409	Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
410	Cake, pound, commercially prepared, butter (includes fresh and frozen)	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
411	Soup, chicken noodle, dry, mix	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
412	Pork, fresh, loin, top loin (chops), boneless, separable lean only, with added solution, cooked, broiled	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
413	Veal, loin, separable lean and fat, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
414	Cookies, shortbread, commercially prepared, plain	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
415	Oil, peanut	Foundation Food	0.001

More on PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA)

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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.