Foods high in TFA 18:1 t

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured TFA 18:1 t content per 100 g, drawn live from 90 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in TFA 18:1 t

Ranked by TFA 18:1 t per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Frankfurter, beef, unheated	Foundation Food	1.38
2	Sausage, breakfast sausage, beef, pre-cooked, unprepared	Foundation Food	1.02
3	Bologna, beef	Foundation Food	0.8653
4	Cheese, pasteurized process, American, vitamin D fortified	Foundation Food	0.842
5	Cheese, cheddar	Foundation Food	0.816
6	Cheese, swiss	Foundation Food	0.7
7	Pepperoni, beef and pork, sliced	Foundation Food	0.6991
8	Cheese, American, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.698
9	Cheese, parmesan, grated	Foundation Food	0.645
10	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	0.635
11	Cheese, mozzarella, low moisture, part-skim	Foundation Food	0.504
12	Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled	Foundation Food	0.502
13	Salami, hard, sliced	Foundation Food	0.4125
14	Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted	Foundation Food	0.303
15	Beef, loin, top loin steak, boneless, lip-on, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, raw	Foundation Food	0.261
16	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Foundation Food	0.251
17	Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw	Foundation Food	0.244
18	Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added	Foundation Food	0.213
19	Sweetened condensed milk	Foundation Food	0.1704
20	Bologna, classic	Foundation Food	0.1227
21	Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, restaurant	Foundation Food	0.118
22	Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw	Foundation Food	0.112
23	Lunchmeat, roast beef, sliced, prepackaged	Foundation Food	0.1108
24	Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw	Foundation Food	0.11
25	Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumbles	Foundation Food	0.099

Lowest in TFA 18:1 t

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
81	Soy milk, unsweetened, plain, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.0008
82	Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim)	Foundation Food	0.001
83	Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids	Foundation Food	0.001
84	Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve	Foundation Food	0.001
85	Yogurt, Greek, strawberry, nonfat	Foundation Food	0.002
86	Fish, haddock, raw	Foundation Food	0.002
87	Edamame, frozen, prepared	Foundation Food	0.0033
88	Mustard, prepared, yellow	Foundation Food	0.004
89	Restaurant, Chinese, fried rice, without meat	Foundation Food	0.004
90	Fish, pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.004

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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.