Table 1.
Stereospecificity of dominant TAG molecular species in natural fats and oils
| TAG species | |||
| Vegetable Oil | |||
| Almond oil | OOO | OLO | OLL |
| Canola oil | OOO | LOO | OOLn |
| Cocoa butter | POS | SOS | POP |
| Coconut oil | DDD | CDD | CDM |
| Corn oil | LLL | LOL | LLP |
| Cottonseed oil | PLL | POL | LLL |
| Olive oil | OOO | OOP | OLO |
| Palm kernel oil | DDD | MOD | ODO |
| Palm oil | POP | POO | POL |
| Peanut oil | OOL | POL | OLL |
| Safflower oil | LLL | LLO | LLP |
| Soybean oil | LLL | LLO | LLP |
| Sunflower oil | LLL | OLL | LOO |
| Walnut oil | LLL | OLL | PLL |
| Animal Fat | |||
| Butter | PPB | PPC | POP |
| Egg fat | POO | PLO | POS |
| Lard | SPO | OPL | OPO |
| Tallow | POO | POP | POS |
For fatty acid abbreviations in TAG species read as: P = palmitic; O = oleic; S = stearate; D = dodecanoic or lauric; C = capric; M = myristic; L = linoleic; Ln = linolenic; B = butyric.