English: About 95.7% of foods contained fat. On the basis of the proposed method, the averages (%) of fat free and low fat foods in food groups were 15.73% and 44.35%, respectively. Cereal grains and pasta with 98.34%, fruits and fruit juices with 97.49%, vegetables and vegetable products with 92.59%, beverages with 91.08%, breakfast cereals with 88.92%, spices and herbs with 69.23%, soups, sauces, and gravies with 68.49%, American Indian/Alaska Native foods with 59.06%, legumes and legume products with 57.49%, finfish and shellfish products with 57.36%, sweets with 51.2%, and baby foods with 47.12% had the highest averages (%) of low fat foods. In contrast, restaurant foods with 2.17%, fast foods with 4.64%, fats and oils with 6.82%, beef products with 7.28%, sausages and luncheon meats with 12.94%, pork products with 14.66%, and lamb, veal, and game products with 15.95% had the lowest averages (%) of low fat foods.

The highest amounts of fat were found in beef suet, caribou bone marrow, cured salt pork, pork jowl, coconut milk, whale (skin and subcutaneous fat), cheese quesadilla, poultry skin, lingcod liver, domesticated duck (meat and skin), pork carcass (lean and fat), lamb flap, lamb rib (lean and fat), domesticated goose (meat and skin), pork tail, beef ribs (lean and fat), sandwich (with sausage, meat, cheese, bacon, ham, egg, butter, margarine, or mayonnaise), beef brisket navel end (lean and fat), cheese enchilada, caribou eye, chocolate mousse, fried chicken (meat and skin), beef top loin steak/roast (marble score 9), chicken nuggets, beef sweetbread, animal and plant fats, animal and plant oils, shortening, pesto sauce, butter, meat drippings, lamb loin (lean and fat), mechanically separated pork, cheesecake, fried shrimp, chocolate crème pie, chocolate-covered ice cream cone, onion rings (breaded and fried), pecan pie, mechanically deboned poultry, beef top loin steak/roast (marble score 4/5), walrus (meat and subcutaneous fat), beef carcass (lean and fat), fried mozzarella, pork spareribs (lean and fat), squab (meat and skin), pizza, mechanically separated lamb, mechanically separated beef, nachos, beef empanadas, whale eye, caribou tongue, chocolate cake (prepared with chocolate frosting), liqueur coffee with cream, beef brisket flat half (trimmed to 1/8" fat), lamb sirloin half (lean and fat), bacon and beef sticks, beef brisket point half (lean and fat), margarine (high fat type), margarine-like spread (high fat type), pork shoulder blade roll, corned beef hash, goose liver pate, beef tenderloin steak/roast (lean and fat), whale flipper, pili nuts, regular mayonnaise, beef chuck blade roast (lean and fat), chicken strips, guava pastries, ice cream (rich), chicken pot pie, pork sausage, General Tso's chicken, macadamia nuts, pecans, lamb shoulder (lean and fat), beef thymus, yellow cake (prepared with chocolate frosting), coconut crème pie, sweet and sour pork, beef striploin (lean and fat), beef tongue, beef lip-on ribeye (lean and fat), summer sausage (pork and beef with cheddar cheese), dried coconut meat (creamed), pine nuts, lamb tongue, beef pancreas, beef arm pot roast (trimmed to 1/8" fat), pork shoulder (lean and fat), Italian pork salami, beef outside skirt (lean and fat), Brazil nuts, fried pies, lamb neck chops (lean and fat), walnuts, and French toast sticks.

Suggested citation: Forouzesh, Abed; Forouzesh, Fatemeh; Samadi Foroushani, Sadegh; Forouzesh, Abolfazl. A new method for calculating fat content and determining appropriate fat levels in foods. Iran J Public Health 2023;52:1038–1047. DOI: 10.18502/ijph.v52i5.12722