Foods high in SFA 16:0

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured SFA 16:0 content per 100 g, drawn live from 1,818 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in SFA 16:0

Ranked by SFA 16:0 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Butter oil, anhydrous	FNDDS ingredient	26.17
2	Fat, beef tallow	FNDDS ingredient	24.9
3	Lard	FNDDS ingredient	23.8
4	Animal fat, bacon grease	FNDDS ingredient	23.68
5	Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking	FNDDS ingredient	22.7
6	Fat, chicken	FNDDS ingredient	21.6
7	Butter, stick, unsalted	FNDDS ingredient	21.2
8	Butter, stick, salted	FNDDS ingredient	21.2
9	Fat, turkey	FNDDS ingredient	20.6
10	Butter, whipped, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	20.53
11	Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, cooked	FNDDS ingredient	17.77
12	Pork, cured, salt pork, raw	FNDDS ingredient	17.67
13	Oil, wheat germ	FNDDS ingredient	16.6
14	Chocolate-flavored hazelnut spread	FNDDS ingredient	15.88
15	Pork, fresh, separable fat, cooked	FNDDS ingredient	14.9
16	Butter, light, stick, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	14.5
17	Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated	FNDDS ingredient	13.81
18	Baking chocolate, unsweetened, squares	FNDDS ingredient	13.31
19	Shortening industrial, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed	FNDDS ingredient	13
20	Popcorn, microwave, regular (butter) flavor, made with palm oil	FNDDS ingredient	12.82
21	Shortening, vegetable, household, composite	FNDDS ingredient	12.46
22	Oil, olive, extra light	Foundation Food	12.4
23	Cookie, chocolate, with icing or coating	FNDDS ingredient	12.32
24	Oil, olive, extra virgin	FNDDS ingredient	12.1
25	Ice cream bar, stick or nugget, with crunch coating	FNDDS ingredient	11.67

Lowest in SFA 16:0

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1809	Mollusks, clam, mixed species, canned, liquid	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1810	Pears, canned, water pack, solids and liquids	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1811	Sauce, fish, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1812	Beverages, COCA-COLA, POWERADE, lemon-lime flavored, ready-to-drink	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1813	Cranberry juice blend, 100% juice, bottled, with added vitamin C and calcium	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1814	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1815	Pear nectar, canned, without added ascorbic acid	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1816	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1817	Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1818	Prune juice, canned	FNDDS ingredient	0.002

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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.