Foods high in SFA 15:0

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured SFA 15:0 content per 100 g, drawn live from 101 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in SFA 15:0

Ranked by SFA 15:0 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Butter, stick, salted	Foundation Food	0.753
2	Cheese, cheddar	Foundation Food	0.327
3	Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified	Foundation Food	0.311
4	Cheese, swiss	Foundation Food	0.305
5	Cheese, American, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.295
6	Cheese, parmesan, grated	Foundation Food	0.244
7	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	0.228
8	Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim	Foundation Food	0.199
9	Frankfurter, beef, unheated	Foundation Food	0.138
10	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Foundation Food	0.116
11	Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared	Foundation Food	0.105
12	Bologna, beef	Foundation Food	0.098
13	Sweetened condensed milk	Foundation Food	0.0798
14	Pepperoni, beef and pork, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0753
15	Salami, hard, sliced	Foundation Food	0.05
16	Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled	Foundation Food	0.049
17	Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D	Foundation Food	0.032
18	Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted	Foundation Food	0.03
19	Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw	Foundation Food	0.028
20	Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw	Foundation Food	0.027
21	Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat	Foundation Food	0.022
22	Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	Foundation Food	0.019
23	Lunchmeat, roast beef, sliced, prepackaged	Foundation Food	0.0185
24	Bologna, classic	Foundation Food	0.0184
25	Oil, canola	Foundation Food	0.018

Lowest in SFA 15:0

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
92	Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim)	Foundation Food	0.001
93	Fish, pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.001
94	Fish, haddock, raw	Foundation Food	0.001
95	Olives, green, Manzanilla, stuffed with pimiento	Foundation Food	0.001
96	Ham, sliced, pre-packaged, deli meat (96%fat free, water added)	Foundation Food	0.001
97	Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve	Foundation Food	0.001
98	Almond milk, unsweetened, plain, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.001
99	Alaska Pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.0014
100	Beans, baked, canned, vegetarian	Foundation Food	0.0015
101	Soy milk, unsweetened, plain, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.0017

More on SFA 15:0

What SFA 15:0 is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

SFA 15:0 nutrient reference →

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.