10 Foods High in Saturated Fats – How Many Are Your Favorites?

2. Butter

Baking pastries and cakes always make use of butter. This is also a choice for cooking restaurant foods like steak and pan-seared lambs. However, this versatile ingredient contains 15 g of saturated fats per 100 g serving and this equates to 257% of DV. A simple tablespoon of butter gives you 7 g/36% saturated fat DV!

3. Cheeses

Cheese is a good source of calcium and protein which are needed by the bones and muscles. However, it also contains lots of saturated fats. For example, hard goat cheese contains 24 g/123% DV of saturated fat, the Fontina has 96% DV, cheddar cheese contains about 105% DV and the Muenster, Gruyere, Parmesan, Monterey and Gjetost/Brunost contain 95% DV of saturated fat per 100 g serving (each).