Foods high in SFA 4:0

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured SFA 4:0 content per 100 g, drawn live from 508 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in SFA 4:0

Ranked by SFA 4:0 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Butter oil, anhydrous	FNDDS ingredient	3.23
2	Butter, stick, salted	Foundation Food	2.04
3	Butter, stick, unsalted	FNDDS ingredient	2.04
4	Butter, light, stick, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	1.79
5	Butter, whipped, with salt	FNDDS ingredient	1.64
6	Cheese, mexican, queso cotija	FNDDS ingredient	1.58
7	Cheese, goat, semisoft type	FNDDS ingredient	1.5
8	Cheese, swiss, low sodium	FNDDS ingredient	1.1
9	Cheese, monterey, low fat	FNDDS ingredient	1.08
10	Cheese, low-sodium, cheddar or colby	FNDDS ingredient	1.08
11	Cheese, gruyere	FNDDS ingredient	1.05
12	Cheese, muenster	FNDDS ingredient	1.04
13	Cheese, colby	FNDDS ingredient	1.04
14	Cheese, pasteurized process, cheddar or American, low sodium	FNDDS ingredient	1.04
15	Cheese, gouda	FNDDS ingredient	0.999
16	Cheese, monterey	FNDDS ingredient	0.982
17	Cheese, provolone	FNDDS ingredient	0.981
18	Cheese, Mexican blend	FNDDS ingredient	0.922
19	Cheese, brick	FNDDS ingredient	0.914
20	Cheese, mexican, queso anejo	FNDDS ingredient	0.907
21	Milk, dry, whole, with added vitamin D	FNDDS ingredient	0.866
22	Cheese, mexican, queso asadero	FNDDS ingredient	0.855
23	Cheese spread, cream cheese base	FNDDS ingredient	0.82
24	Cheese, limburger	FNDDS ingredient	0.803
25	Cream, fluid, heavy whipping	FNDDS ingredient	0.732

Lowest in SFA 4:0

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
499	Lunchmeat, turkey, oven roasted, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0009
500	Chicken, broilers or fryers, dark meat, thigh, meat only, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
501	Sausage, turkey, breakfast links, mild, raw	Foundation Food	0.001
502	Chicken, broilers or fryers, drumstick, meat only, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
503	Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids	Foundation Food	0.001
504	Cookies, brownies, commercially prepared	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
505	Fish, haddock, raw	Foundation Food	0.001
506	Cookies, chocolate sandwich, with creme filling, special dietary	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
507	Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.001
508	Chicken, broilers or fryers, dark meat, drumstick, meat and skin, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	0.001

More on SFA 4:0

What SFA 4:0 is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

SFA 4:0 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.