Stearic acid Foods high in stearic acid and how much you need · Fatty acids

Most in a serving: Beef, suet

There's no official daily target for stearic acid.

Among plant foods, oil, cottonseed, fully hydrogenated; cocoa butter and coconut milk have the most stearic acid per serving. Among animal foods, the most are in beef, suet; cheese, emmental, 27-30% fat, red-label and eel.

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Foods highest in stearic acid

Ranked from 1,158 foods in our catalog, one entry per food.

1

Beef, suet, raw 21 g

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
2

Oil, cottonseed, fully hydrogenated 9.5 g

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils
3

Pork, jowl, raw 7.6 g

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
4

Pork ribs, fried 4.9 g

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
5

Cocoa butter 4.6 g

tbsp (13.6 g) · Cooking and industrial fat
6

Veal, breast, separable fat, cooked 4.2 g

serving (85 g) · Steaks and chops
7

Duck, domesticated, meat and skin, raw 3.5 g

serving (110 g) · Chicken and other birds
8

Lamb 3.5 g

serving (110 g) · Steaks and chops
9

Lard, animal fat 3.1 g

tbsp (12.8 g) · Animal fat
10

Coconut milk 2.6 g

serving (240 g) · Vegetable juices
11

Tallow, beef fat 2.5 g

tbsp (12.8 g) · Animal fat
12

Salami 2.2 g

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, sausages
13

Pork and beef, canned 2.2 g

serving (85 g) · Meat products
14

Cheese, emmental, 27-30% fat, red-label 2 g

serving (55 g) · Cheese, ripened cheese
15

Chocolate, white chocolate 2 g

serving (30 g) · Chocolate
16

Chorizo, fried without fat 1.8 g

serving (55 g) · Sausages
17

Yoghurt, turkish/greek, 10% fat 1.8 g

serving (170 g) · Yoghurt
18

Brazil nut 1.7 g

serving (30 g) · Nuts, seeds and dried fruits
19

Plantains, green, fried 1.7 g

serving (140 g) · Fruit and berry dishes other than pies
20

Frankfurter, fried without fat 1.6 g

serving (55 g) · Sausages
21

Butter oil, milk fat 1.4 g

tbsp (12.8 g) · Butter, milk fat
22

Liver sausage, liver pate, average 1.3 g

serving (55 g) · Offal dishes
23

Butter lactose-free 1.3 g

tbsp (15 g) · Butter, milk fat
24

Sour cream, 40% fat 1.3 g

serving (30 g) · Fermented milk products, other
25

Processed cheese, 20-24% fat 1.3 g

serving (55 g) · Processed cheese
26

Butter 1.3 g

tbsp (14.2 g) · Butter, milk fat
27

Whipping cream, 38% fat, low-lactose, ultra-heat-treated 1.2 g

serving (30 g) · Cream
28

Cream cheese, mascarpone, 38% fat 1.2 g

serving (30 g) · Cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
29

Cream quark, 10% fat 1.1 g

serving (110 g) · Quark
30

Popcorn 1.1 g

serving (30 g) · Savoury snacks
31

Groat sausage, fried 1.1 g

serving (55 g) · Sausages
32

Chicken leg and thigh with skin, grilled 1.1 g

serving (85 g) · Chicken and other birds
33

Eel 1.1 g

serving (110 g) · Fish
34

Whipped cream, unsweetened 1.1 g

serving (30 g) · Cream
35

Coconut butter 1.1 g

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils
36

Milk, raw milk, 4.4 % fat, without added vitamin d 1.1 g

serving (240 g) · Milks >2% fat
37

Coconut flake 1 g

serving (30 g) · Nuts, seeds and dried fruits
38

Cashew nut 0.97 g

serving (30 g) · Nuts, seeds and dried fruits
39

Curd milk, plain, 3.5% fat 0.92 g

serving (240 g) · Cultured milks
40

Mollusks, clam, mixed species, cooked, breaded and fried 0.91 g

serving (85 g) · Crustaceans and molluscs
41

Chicken, grilled 0.87 g

serving (85 g) · Chicken and other birds
42

Parma ham, 15% fat 0.86 g

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, meat
43

Creme fraiche, 28% fat 0.85 g

serving (30 g) · Fermented milk products, other
44

Pesto sauce, herb sauce 0.79 g

serving (63 g) · Condiments
45

Tahini, sesami seed butter 0.72 g

serving (30 g) · Condiments
46

Powan, fried in butter 0.71 g

serving (85 g) · Fish
47

Skyr, plain, 4% fat 0.69 g

serving (170 g) · Quark
48

Croissant, home-made 0.66 g

serving (55 g) · Savoury bakery
49

Pike, fried in butter 0.66 g

serving (85 g) · Fish
50

Sesame oil, salad or cooking 0.65 g

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils

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Stearic acid Foods high in stearic acid and how much you need · Fatty acids

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