Foods high in TFA 16:1 t

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured TFA 16:1 t content per 100 g, drawn live from 61 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in TFA 16:1 t

Ranked by TFA 16:1 t per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Cheese, cheddar	Foundation Food	0.104
2	Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified	Foundation Food	0.104
3	Cheese, swiss	Foundation Food	0.102
4	Cheese, American, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.087
5	Frankfurter, beef, unheated	Foundation Food	0.087
6	Cheese, parmesan, grated	Foundation Food	0.079
7	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	0.075
8	Bologna, beef	Foundation Food	0.0653
9	Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared	Foundation Food	0.062
10	Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim	Foundation Food	0.061
11	Pepperoni, beef and pork, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0386
12	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Foundation Food	0.032
13	Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled	Foundation Food	0.031
14	Salami, hard, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0243
15	Sweetened condensed milk	Foundation Food	0.0233
16	Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted	Foundation Food	0.022
17	Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw	Foundation Food	0.015
18	Lunchmeat, roast beef, sliced, prepackaged	Foundation Food	0.013
19	Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw	Foundation Food	0.012
20	Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D	Foundation Food	0.008
21	Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw	Foundation Food	0.008
22	Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumbles	Foundation Food	0.007
23	Sausage, Italian, pork, mild, cooked, pan-fried	Foundation Food	0.007
24	Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.007
25	Bologna, classic	Foundation Food	0.0065

Lowest in TFA 16:1 t

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
52	Lunchmeat, ham, black forest, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0001
53	Salad dressing, Italian dressing, commercial, regular	Foundation Food	0.0003
54	Lunchmeat, chicken breast, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0003
55	Dressing, Ranch	Foundation Food	0.0008
56	Lunchmeat, turkey, oven roasted, sliced	Foundation Food	0.0009
57	Fish, haddock, raw	Foundation Food	0.001
58	Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids	Foundation Food	0.001
59	Bread, white, commercially prepared	Foundation Food	0.001
60	Restaurant, Chinese, sweet and sour pork	Foundation Food	0.001
61	Sausage, turkey, breakfast links, mild, raw	Foundation Food	0.002

More on TFA 16:1 t

What TFA 16:1 t is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

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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.