Arachidonic acid Foods high in arachidonic acid and how much you need · Fatty acids

Most in a serving: Eel

There's no official daily target for arachidonic acid.

Plant foods have little arachidonic acid, so it comes mostly from animal foods. The richest are eel; beef, pancreas and egg yolk.

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Foods highest in arachidonic acid

Ranked from 440 foods in our catalog, one entry per food.

1

Eel 814 mg

serving (110 g) · Fish
2

Beef, pancreas, raw 680 mg

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
3

Chicken, heart, raw 612 mg

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
4

Lamb, liver, cooked, braised 536 mg

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
5

Lamprey, smoked 407 mg

serving (55 g) · Fish products
6

Raccoon, cooked, roasted 315 mg

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
7

Bear, cooked, simmered 273 mg

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
8

Chicken strips 225 mg

medium portion (200 g) · Chicken and other birds
9

Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw 223 mg

egg (70 g) · Chicken and other birds
10

Chicken breast with skin 210 mg

serving (110 g) · Chicken and other birds
11

Pork ribs, fried 188 mg

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
12

Vendace 154 mg

serving (110 g) · Fish
13

Caviar, dark roe of sturgeon 116 mg

tbsp (16 g) · Fish products
14

Baltic herring 109 mg

serving (110 g) · Fish
15

Mollusks, clam, mixed species, cooked, moist heat 69.7 mg

serving (85 g) · Crustaceans and molluscs
16

Egg yolk, fried 68.8 mg

large (17 g) · Egg
17

Mussel in water, canned 68 mg

serving (85 g) · Crustaceans and molluscs
18

Herring, pickled, canned 60.9 mg

serving (85 g) · Fish products
19

Snail 55.5 mg

serving (85 g) · Crustaceans and molluscs
20

Salami 48.2 mg

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, sausages
21

Chorizo, fried without fat 41.6 mg

serving (55 g) · Sausages
22

Chicken nuggets, deep-fried, lactose-free 41.5 mg

serving (85 g) · Poultry dishes
23

Parma ham, 15% fat 39.3 mg

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, meat
24

Pork and beef, canned 32.9 mg

serving (85 g) · Meat products
25

Frankfurter, fried without fat 32.2 mg

serving (55 g) · Sausages
26

Sauteed elk 30.1 mg

serving (85 g) · Meat dishes
27

Turkey cold cuts 28.7 mg

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, meat
28

Egg powder 26.1 mg

tbsp (5 g) · Egg
29

Groat sausage, fried without fat 23.3 mg

serving (55 g) · Sausages
30

Cheese, home-made cheese, 9-14% fat 18.5 mg

serving (110 g) · Cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
31

Fish stock broth 16.5 mg

cup (244 g) · Savoury sauces
32

Pulled pork 14.4 mg

serving (85 g) · Meat dishes
33

Yoghurt, turkish/greek, 10% fat, lactose-free 14.3 mg

serving (170 g) · Yoghurt
34

Plantains, green, fried 14 mg

serving (140 g) · Fruit and berry dishes other than pies
35

Oil, cottonseed, salad or cooking 13.6 mg

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils
36

Cream, 25% fat 11.3 mg

medium portion (50 g) · Cream
37

Cream cheese, 34% fat 10.8 mg

serving (30 g) · Cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
38

Milk, goat milk 10.5 mg

serving (240 g) · Milks >2% fat
39

Whipping cream, 38% fat 9.7 mg

serving (30 g) · Cream
40

Cream quark, 10% fat 9.4 mg

serving (110 g) · Quark
41

Whipped cream, unsweetened 8.9 mg

serving (30 g) · Cream
42

Tallow, beef fat 8.9 mg

tbsp (12.8 g) · Animal fat
43

Spinach spaghetti, boiled 8.8 mg

serving (140 g) · Pasta
44

Sour cream, 40% fat 8.5 mg

serving (30 g) · Fermented milk products, other
45

Croissant, home-made 6 mg

serving (55 g) · Savoury bakery
46

Skyr, plain, 4% fat 6 mg

serving (170 g) · Quark
47

Kefir, lowfat, plain, 1% 4.8 mg

serving (240 g) · Soured milks
48

Quinoa 4.1 mg

serving (45 g) · Flour
49

Banana, deep-fried 3.7 mg

serving (30 g) · Fruit and berry dishes other than pies
50

Tofu, soft (with calcium sulfate) 3.4 mg

serving (85 g) · Pulse products

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