Recommendations Summary
Transfatty Acid Content of Common Foods
|
Food |
Serving size |
Trans-fatty acids g/serving |
|
Cake, pound, cholesterol-free |
2 ounce |
3.04 |
|
Cookie (chocolate) bar with caramel and chocolate coating |
2 ounce |
3.88 |
|
Cookie (vanilla) with crème filling |
3 cookies |
2.13 |
|
Crackers, snack crackers, cheese flavored |
14 crackers |
1.04 |
|
Donut, cake or yeast |
1 donut |
1.72 |
|
French fries, made from frozen |
10 fries |
1.27 |
|
French fries, fast food |
30-40 fries |
3.43 |
|
Hamburger, 25% fat patty, broiled |
3 ounce, cooked |
1.14 |
|
Margarine, corn & soy, 80% fat, stick |
1 Tbl |
2.76 |
|
Margarine, stick |
1 Tbl |
2.72 |
|
Popcorn, microwave popped |
3.5 cups |
2.11 |
|
Sandwich meat, Bologna |
1 ounce |
1.62 |
|
Shortening, |
1 Tbl |
2.44 |
|
Soy spread, 70% fat |
1 Tbl |
2.69 |
|
Tortilla chips |
1 ounce |
1.15 |
|
FAT TYPE PER SERVING (*) | |||||
|
Product |
Total Fat g |
Saturated Fat g |
Trans Fat g |
Combined Saturated and Trans Fats g |
Cholesterol mg |
|
Butter* |
10.8 |
7.2 |
0.3 |
7.5 |
31.1 |
|
Margarine, stick† |
11 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
0 |
|
Margarine, spread† |
9.7 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
4.5 |
0 |
|
Margarine, tub† |
6.7 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
|
Margarine, bottle‡ |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
(*) Butter values from FDA Table of trans Values, dated 1/30/95. | |||||