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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2019 Mar 20;121(12):1424–1430. doi: 10.1017/S0007114519000618

Table 1.

Phytosterol food groups and their components

Phytosterol Food Groups Components
Nuts and Seeds almonds, cashews, flax seeds, nuts, seeds, walnuts, tree nuts, trail nuts
Legumes and Soy legumes, peanuts butter, peanuts, soy beans, tofu
Vegetables fried potatoes, leafy greens, onions, other vegetables, potatoes, vegetables, green beans
Grains whole grains, refined grains, mixed grains, refined cereals, mixed cereals
Oils and Added Fats added fats and liquid fats: margarine spread or stick with vegetable oil or soybean oil, almond oil, canola oil, cocoa butter oil, coconut oil, corn and canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, flaxseed oil, grape seed oil, hazelnut oil, palm oil, peanut oil, nutmeg butter oil, poppy seed oil, rice bran oil, safflower oil, sesame oil, shea nut oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, tea seed oil, tomato seed oil, vegetable oil, walnut oil, wheat germ oil, olive oil
Olives and avocados olives and avocados
Fruits berries, dried fruits, fruits, fruit juice