Foods high in SFA 18:0

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured SFA 18:0 content per 100 g, drawn live from 1,774 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in SFA 18:0

Ranked by SFA 18:0 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Oil, industrial, soy, fully hydrogenated	FNDDS ingredient	83.09
2	Fat, beef tallow	FNDDS ingredient	18.9
3	Baking chocolate, unsweetened, squares	FNDDS ingredient	18.23
4	Beverages, coffee, instant, with whitener, reduced calorie	FNDDS ingredient	17.76
5	Lard	FNDDS ingredient	13.5
6	Animal fat, bacon grease	FNDDS ingredient	13.43
7	Shortening industrial, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed	FNDDS ingredient	12.1
8	Butter oil, anhydrous	FNDDS ingredient	12.06
9	Shortening, vegetable, household, composite	FNDDS ingredient	11.41
10	Candies, sweet chocolate	FNDDS ingredient	11.35
11	Pork, cured, salt pork, raw	FNDDS ingredient	10.33
12	Candies, chocolate, dark, NFS (45-59% cacao solids 90%; 60-69% cacao solids 5%; 70-85% cacao solids 5%)	FNDDS ingredient	10.13
13	Candies, semisweet chocolate	FNDDS ingredient	10.01
14	Candies, white chocolate	FNDDS ingredient	9.15
15	Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, cooked	FNDDS ingredient	7.86
16	Candies, milk chocolate	FNDDS ingredient	7.84
17	Butter, whipped, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	7.65
18	Pork, fresh, separable fat, cooked	FNDDS ingredient	7.56
19	Butter, stick, unsalted	FNDDS ingredient	7.42
20	Butter, stick, salted	FNDDS ingredient	7.42
21	Butter, light, stick, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	6.68
22	Nuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched	FNDDS ingredient	6.24
23	Fat, turkey	FNDDS ingredient	6.2
24	Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, with salt, with added vitamin D	FNDDS ingredient	6.18
25	Margarine, regular, 80% fat, composite, stick, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	6.17

Lowest in SFA 18:0

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1765	Babyfood, fruit, pears, junior	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1766	Sweet potato, raw, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1767	Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, canned, drained, solid, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1768	Beets, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1769	Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, junior	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1770	Mango nectar, canned	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1771	Tangerine juice, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1772	Turnips, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1773	Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
1774	Lotus root, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	FNDDS ingredient	0.001

More on SFA 18:0

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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.