Amounts are per 100 grams, from USDA FoodData Central. Basic and whole foods are lab-measured (SR Legacy and Foundation Foods); branded packaged products carry the manufacturer's own label values. FoodFactsUSA reports what a food contains; it is not dietary advice.

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Most nutrient-dense (our calculation)

Per 100 g, from USDA FoodData Central.

high protein low sodium low sugar low calorie high fiber most nutrient-dense

Our own calculation: how much of the FDA Daily Value for eight nutrients a food delivers per 100 calories. Basic and whole foods only. How it works.

Food (per 100 g)CalProteinSugar

Oil, industrial, canola with antifoaming agent, principal uses salads, woks and light frying8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, industrial, cottonseed, fully hydrogenated8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, industrial, soy ( partially hydrogenated), all purpose8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated) and cottonseed, principal use as a tortilla shortening8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) and soy (winterized), pourable clear fry8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), multiuse for non-dairy butter flavor8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ), palm, principal uses icings and fillings8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated), principal uses popcorn and flavoring vegetables8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, mustard8840.0 g—Oil, nutmeg butter8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, oat8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, poppyseed8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, high oleic (primary safflower oil of commerce)8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, safflower, salad or cooking, linoleic, (over 70%)8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, sesame, salad or cooking8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, sheanut8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, soybean lecithin7630.0 g0.0 g Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated)8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) and cottonseed8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, sunflower, high oleic (70% and over)8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (approx. 65%)8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (partially hydrogenated)8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, teaseed8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, tomatoseed8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, ucuhuba butter8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, walnut8840.0 g0.0 g Oil, wheat germ8840.0 g0.0 g Shortening bread, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed8840.0 g0.0 g Shortening cake mix, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed (hydrogenated)8840.0 g0.0 g Shortening confectionery, coconut (hydrogenated) and or palm kernel (hydrogenated)8840.0 g0.0 g Shortening, confectionery, fractionated palm8840.0 g—Shortening frying (heavy duty), beef tallow and cottonseed9000.0 g—Shortening frying (heavy duty), palm (hydrogenated)8840.0 g—Shortening frying (heavy duty), soybean (hydrogenated), linoleic (less than 1%)8840.0 g0.0 g Shortening, household, lard and vegetable oil9000.0 g0.0 g Shortening household soybean (hydrogenated) and palm8840.0 g—Shortening, household, soybean (partially hydrogenated)-cottonseed (partially hydrogenated)8840.0 g0.0 g Shortening industrial, lard and vegetable oil9000.0 g—Shortening industrial, soybean (hydrogenated) and cottonseed8840.0 g0.0 g Shortening, industrial, soy (partially hydrogenated ) and corn for frying8840.0 g0.0 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central. The density score blends eight nutrients against their Daily Values and is our own metric, not USDA's.