Fatty
Acid Percentages of Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats
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Saturated Fat % |
Polyunsaturated Fats % |
Monounsaturated Fats % |
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LA1,
3 |
ALA1,
2 |
GLA3 |
Oleic4 |
| Avocado |
20 |
10 |
|
|
70 |
|
Black Currant Oil |
8 |
47 |
15 |
17 |
12 |
|
Borage Oil |
14 |
39 |
|
24 |
17 |
|
Beef Fat (tallow) |
52 |
4 |
|
|
44 |
|
Butter |
66 |
4 |
|
|
30 |
|
Canola (rapeseed) Oil |
6 |
22 |
10 |
|
62 |
|
Coconut Oil |
91 |
3 |
|
|
6 |
|
Corn Oil |
17 |
59 |
|
|
24 |
| Cottonseed Oil |
25 |
51 |
1 |
|
23 |
| Evening Primrose Oil |
10 |
72 |
|
9 |
9 |
| Flax (linseed) Oil |
9 |
14 |
58 |
|
19 |
| Hemp Seed Oil |
8 |
55 |
20 |
5 |
12 |
|
Lard (from hogs) |
41 |
12 |
|
|
47 |
|
Macadamia Oil |
15 |
10 |
|
|
75 |
|
Olive Oil |
16 |
8 |
|
|
76 |
|
Palm Kernel Oil |
85 |
2 |
|
|
13 |
| Peanut Oil |
18 |
33 |
|
|
49 |
| Perillo Oil |
8 |
29 |
55 |
|
8 |
| Safflower Oil |
12 |
75 |
|
|
13 |
| Salmon Oil |
21 |
2 |
49** |
|
28 |
| Sesame Oil |
14 |
44 |
2 |
|
40 |
| Soybean Oil |
15 |
52 |
7 |
|
26 |
| Sunflower Oil |
12 |
65 |
|
|
23 |
|
Walnut Oil |
13 |
50 |
12 |
|
25 |
* Published fatty acid values vary widely. When analyzing an oil, the fatty acid percentages
will vary, depending on a number of factors including the growing
conditions, the region, the species, and the laboratory methods of measurement.
The values in this table were adapted from numerous sources.1,2,3,4,5,6
1.
Essential
2.
Omega 3
3.
Omega 6
4.
Omega 9
**Approximately 40% as pre-formed
EPA and DHA
2. Ensminger, AH. Ensminger, ME. Konlande, JE.
Robson, JR. Encyclopedia of Foods and Nutrition. CRC Press, Boca
Raton, FL 1995.
3. Medical Economics. PDR for Nutritional Supplements,
First Ed. 2001. Medical Economics: Montvale, NJ.
4. Bland, J. et al. “Clinical Nutrition; A Functional
Approach.” Institute for Functional Medicine 1999; Gig Harbor Washington.
5. Bralley, JA. Lord, R. Laboratory Evaluations
in Molecular Medicine. Institute for Advances in Molecular Medicine.
Norcross, GA 2001.
6. Schmidt, MA. Smart Fats. Frog Ltd, Berkeley,
CA 1997.
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