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Section 4 Facts About Blood Cholesterol

Fats and Food Tables

Table 1: A Comparison of Saturated Fat, Total
Fat, Cholesterol, Calories, and Sodium in Foods

Continued from pages 7, 8, and 9

 
Product Saturated
Fat (grams)
Cholesterol
(mgs)
Total Fat (grams) Total
Calories
Sodium
(mgs)
Sweets and Snacks
Hard candy (1 oz.) 0 0 0 106 11
Angel food cake,
purchased, 1/12 of
9 in. cake
0 0 <1 73 212
Ginger snap, 1
(about 1/4 oz.)
<1 0 <1 29 46
Frozen yogurt,
fruit or vanilla,
nonfat (1/2 cup)
<1 2 <1 82 39
Vanilla wafer, 1 <1 2 <1 18 12
Fig bar, 1 (about 1/2 oz.) <1 0 1 56 56
Pretzels, salted
(1 ounce, about 5 twists,
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 x1/4 in.)
<1 0 1 108 486
Popcorn, air popped
without salt (1 oz. is
about 3 1/2 cups)
<1 0 1 108 1
Chocolate chip cookie,
1 (2 1/4 in. around)
<1 0 2 48 32
Sherbet, orange, (1/2 cup) 1 5 2 132 44
Ice milk, vanilla,
hard, (1/2 cup)
2 9 3 92 56
Potato chips (1 oz.) 3 0 10 152 168
Pound cake, purchased,
1/10 of 10.75 oz. cake
3 66 6 117 119
Ice cream, vanilla,
regular, (1/2 cup)
5 29 7 132 53


Fast Foods
Tossed salad,
no dressing, 1 1/2 cup
0 0 <1 32 53
Grilled chicken sandwich 1 60 7 288 758
Cheese pizza,
1/8 of 12 in. pizza
2 9 3 140 336
Roast beef sandwich, plain 4 52 14 346 792
French fries,
regular order
4 0 12 235 124
Hamburger, plain 4 36 12 275 387
Hot dog 5 44 15 242 671
Fish sandwich
with tartar sauce
5 55 23 431 615
Chicken, breaded and fried,
boneless pieces, 6
6 62 18 290 542
Cheeseburger, plain,
single patty
7 50 15 320 500
Chicken fillet sandwich,
plain
9 60 30 515 957
Egg & bacon biscuit, 1 10 353 31 457 999
Cheeseburger, large,
double patty with condiments
18 141 44 706 1,149

Product Saturated
Fats
Cholesterol Polyunsaturated
Fat
Monounsaturated Fat
Fats and Oils (1 Tbsp.)
Margarine, diet 1 0 2 3
Canola oil 1 0 4 9
Safflower oil 1 0 11 2
Corn oil 2 0 8 4
Olive oil 2 0 1 10
Margarine, soft, tub 2 0 5 4
Margarine, liquid, bottled 2 0 5 4
Margarine, stick 2 0 4 5
Lard 5 12 2 6
Butter 7 28 <1 3

in. = inches
< = less than
oz. = ounces
n/a = not available
Tbsp. = tablespoon

Sources:

Composition of Foods - Raw-Processed-Prepared, Agriculture Handbook 8. Series and Supplements. United States Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Information Service.

New beef and lamb nutrient data for cuts trimmed to 1/8 in. external fat. United States Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Information Service, unpublished data, 1994.

Minnesota Nutrition Data System (NDS) software, developed by the Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Food Database version 5A, Nutrient Database version 20.

 
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