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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2013 Sep;11(3):10.1007/s11914-013-0149-0. doi: 10.1007/s11914-013-0149-0

Table 2.

Polyunsaturated fatty acid content of commonly consumed foods, adapted from: [46, 52, 54]

Food Serving Size Fatty acid content (g)
Linoleic acid (LA) n-6
Safflower oil 1 tablespoon 10.1
Sunflower oil 1 tablespoon 8.9
Corn oil 1 tablespoon 7.3
Soybean oil 1 tablespoon 6.9
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) n-3
Flaxseed oil 1 tablespoon 8.5
Walnuts 1oz 2.6
Canola oil 1 tablespoon 1.3
Soybean oil 1 tablespoon 0.9
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) n-3
Herring, Pacific 3oz 1.81
Salmon,Atlantic,Farmed 3oz 1.82
Salmon, Atlantic, Wild 3oz 1.56
Tuna, canned, white 3oz 0.73