Why do the trans fat and saturated fats not add up to the total fats on a nutritional label? Are there other types of fat?

Question

Pure curiosity, and the title is pretty much my question. I’ve noticed that nutritional labels (USA) say something like 0g of trans fat, 10g of saturated fat (50% daily value)… but then it lists the total fat as 20g and only 26% of the daily value. 50% obviously doesn’t equal 26% and 10g doesn’t equal 20g so it must mean there are way more types of fat out there than trans and saturated?

If there are other fats, why do labels not provide a breakdown of the others? Why are saturated fats special enough to be listed?

Thanks!

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Answer 1

Because you should eat very little saturated fats, and no trans fats, so the RDA is lower, they are unhealthy. Your diet should contain healthy fats, and the RDA for that is higher.