Trans fatty acids Foods high in trans fatty acids and how much you need · Fatty acids

Most in a serving: Cheese, cheddar type, 34% fat

There's no official daily target for trans fatty acids.

Among plant foods, plantains, green; french fries and oil, cottonseed, fully hydrogenated have the most trans fatty acids per serving. Among animal foods, the most are in cheese, cheddar type, 34% fat; veal, ground and powan, fried in butter.

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Foods highest in trans fatty acids

Ranked from 403 foods in our catalog, one entry per food.

1

Cheese, cheddar type, 34% fat 0.93 g

serving (55 g) · Cheese, ripened cheese
2

Veal, ground, raw 0.77 g

serving (110 g) · Steaks and chops
3

Beef, tongue, cooked, simmered 0.71 g

serving (85 g) · Offal dishes
4

Yoghurt, turkish/greek, 10% fat, lactose-free 0.5 g

serving (170 g) · Yoghurt
5

Beef flank 0.42 g

serving (110 g) · Steaks and chops
6

Butter 0.36 g

tbsp (14.2 g) · Butter, milk fat
7

Cream cheese, mascarpone, 38% fat 0.34 g

serving (30 g) · Cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
8

Whipping cream, 38% fat 0.33 g

serving (30 g) · Cream
9

Cream quark, 10% fat 0.32 g

serving (110 g) · Quark
10

Milk, raw milk, 4.4 % fat, without added vitamin d 0.31 g

serving (240 g) · Milks >2% fat
11

Butter oil, milk fat 0.31 g

tbsp (12.8 g) · Butter, milk fat
12

Whipped cream, unsweetened 0.31 g

serving (30 g) · Cream
13

Butter lactose-free 0.3 g

tbsp (15 g) · Butter, milk fat
14

Lard, animal fat 0.29 g

tbsp (12.8 g) · Animal fat
15

Lean steak mince, 7% fat 0.29 g

serving (110 g) · Steaks and chops
16

Curd milk, plain, 3.5% fat 0.28 g

serving (240 g) · Cultured milks
17

Processed cheese, 20-24% fat 0.27 g

serving (55 g) · Processed cheese
18

Chicken leg and thigh with skin, grilled 0.26 g

serving (85 g) · Chicken and other birds
19

Sour cream, 20% 0.24 g

serving (30 g) · Fermented milk products, other
20

Tallow, beef fat 0.24 g

tbsp (12.8 g) · Animal fat
21

Plantains, green, fried 0.22 g

serving (140 g) · Fruit and berry dishes other than pies
22

Skyr, plain, 4% fat 0.19 g

serving (170 g) · Quark
23

Powan, fried in butter 0.16 g

serving (85 g) · Fish
24

Pike, fried in butter 0.15 g

serving (85 g) · Fish
25

Perch, fried in butter 0.14 g

serving (85 g) · Fish
26

Pork and beef, canned 0.14 g

serving (85 g) · Meat products
27

Chocolate, white chocolate 0.14 g

serving (30 g) · Chocolate
28

Chicken leg and thigh without skin, oven-baked 0.13 g

serving (85 g) · Chicken and other birds
29

Creme fraiche, 28% fat 0.12 g

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

French fries, oven-baked 0.12 g

serving (70 g) · Fried potatoes, French fries
31

Herring, pickled, canned 0.12 g

serving (85 g) · Fish products
32

Chicken with skin, grilled without added fat 0.12 g

serving (85 g) · Chicken and other birds
33

Salami, light, 15% fat 0.11 g

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, sausages
34

Sour milk, acidophilus bifidus, 2% fat, probiotics 0.1 g

serving (240 g) · Soured milks
35

Oil, cottonseed, fully hydrogenated 0.09 g

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils
36

Kefir, lowfat, plain, 1% 0.09 g

serving (240 g) · Soured milks
37

Mashed potato powder 0.09 g

serving (20 g) · Miscellaneous ingredients
38

Cooking cream, 19% fat 0.08 g

tbsp (15 g) · Cream
39

Coconut butter 0.08 g

tbsp (13.6 g) · Oils
40

Quark, 2,3% fat, low-lactose 0.07 g

serving (110 g) · Quark
41

Pesto sauce, herb sauce 0.07 g

serving (63 g) · Condiments
42

Cooking fat, average 0.07 g

serving (15 g) · Cooking and industrial fat
43

Chorizo, fried without fat 0.06 g

serving (55 g) · Sausages
44

Egg, organic, fried 0.06 g

large (50 g) · Egg
45

Cottage cheese, 2-5% fat 0.05 g

serving (110 g) · Cheese, unripened, fresh cheese
46

Frankfurter, fried 0.04 g

serving (55 g) · Sausages
47

Champignon, fried 0.04 g

serving (85 g) · Mushroom
48

Croissant, home-made 0.04 g

serving (55 g) · Savoury bakery
49

Parma ham, 15% fat 0.04 g

serving (55 g) · Cold cuts, meat
50

Leek, fried 0.04 g

serving (85 g) · Cooked vegetables

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Trans fatty acids Foods high in trans fatty acids and how much you need · Fatty acids

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