Fats in Oils
|
Percentage
of Specific Types of Fat in Common Oils and Fats*
|
|
Oils (excluding
oils that have been partially hydrogenated) |
Saturated |
Mono-unsaturated |
Poly-unsaturated |
Trans |
|
Canola |
7 |
58 |
29 |
0 |
|
Safflower |
9 |
12 |
74 |
0 |
|
Sunflower |
10 |
20 |
66 |
0 |
|
Corn |
13 |
24 |
60 |
0 |
|
Olive |
13 |
72 |
8 |
0 |
|
Soybean |
16 |
44 |
37 |
0 |
|
Peanut |
17 |
49 |
32 |
0 |
|
Rice Bran**
|
20
|
47
|
33
|
0 |
| Cottonseed*** |
25 |
17 |
58 |
0 |
|
Palm |
50 |
37 |
10 |
0 |
|
Coconut |
87 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
|
Cooking Fats |
|
|
|
|
|
Shortening |
22 |
29 |
29 |
18 |
|
Lard |
39 |
44 |
11 |
1 |
|
Butter |
60 |
26 |
5 |
5 |
|
Margarine/Spreads****
|
|
|
|
|
|
Imperial 70% Soybean Stick |
18 |
2 |
29 |
23 |
|
Fleischmann 67% Spread, Corn & Soybean Tub |
16 |
27 |
44 |
11 |
|
Shedd's Country Crock 48% Spread, Soybean Tub |
17 |
24 |
49 |
8 |
|
Promise 60% Tub; Sunflower, Soybean, and Canola
|
18 |
22 |
54 |
5 |
*Values expressed as percent of total fat. Except for the figures on
rice bran oil and cottonseed oil, data are from analyses at Harvard School of Public Health
Lipid Laboratory and U.S.D.A. publications.
** The figures on rice bran oil are from www.californiariceoil.com/nutrition.htm
*** The figures on cottonseed oil are from the National Cottonseed Products Association.
****The fat content of the brand name margarines and spreads may have
changed by the time you read this page. Please do not rely on this page
for information about those particular products.
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