Table 1

Fatty acid profiles for individual test fats and overall FA profile of test diets

Fatty acid
Test oils (% total fat)
Test diets (% energy)



POL1
PHSO2
IE3
POL1
PHSO2
IE3

Saturates
44.05
29.32
58.61
13.66
9.09
18.17
12:0
0.23
0.22
nd
0.07
0.12
nd
14:0
0.90
0.40
0.29
0.28
0.17
0.09
16:0
38.82
21.18
17.66
12.03
6.53
5.48
18:0
4.10
7.19
40.25
1.27
2.18
12.48
20:0
nd
0.33
0.41
nd
0.09
0.13

Monounsaturates
43.77
41.06
18.90
13.57
12.41
5.86
18:1 (n-9)
43.77
41.06
18.90
13.57
12.41
5.86

Polyunsaturates
11.58
18.79
22.48
3.59
5.79
6.97
18:2 (n-6)
11.23
17.57
20.98
3.48
5.36
6.50
18:3 (n-3)
0.35
1.22
1.50
0.11
0.43
0.47

Total Trans
nd
10.28
nd
nd
3.19
nd
t18:1n9
nd
2.26
nd
nd
0.70
nd
t18:1n11
nd
2.35
nd
nd
0.73
nd
t18:1n13
nd
1.0
nd
nd
0.31
nd
Unid
nd
4.67
nd
nd
1.45
nd

*P/S ratio
0.26
0.64
0.38
0.26
0.64
0.38

1POL, palm olein; 2PHSO, partially hydrogenated soybean oil; 3IE, interesterified fat (see text for details of fat composition)

Sundram et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2007 4:3   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-4-3