Table 3.
Approximate fatty acid composition of various fats and oils
| Fatty acid | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source | 6:0 | 8:0 | 10:0 | 12:0 | 14:0 | 16:0 | 18:0 | 20:0 | 22:0 | 16:1 | 18:1 | 18:2 | 18:3 | 20:1 | 22:1 | 20:4 | 20:5 | 22:5 | 22:6 |
| Algae | - | - | - | - | 7 | 18 | 2 | - | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | - | - | 15 | 9 | - | 15 | |
| Canola | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 1.8 | - | 0.2 | 56.1 | 20.3 | 9.3 | 1.7 | 0.6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Coconut | 0.5 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 43.8 | 16.8 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | - | 5.9 | 1.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Corn | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 27.3 | 53.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flaxseed | - | - | - | - | - | 5.3 | 4.1 | - | - | - | 20.2 | 12.7 | 53.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lard | - | - | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 23.8 | 13.5 | 0.2 | - | 2.7 | 41.2 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Menhaden | - | - | - | 1.0 | 10.0 | 18.0 | 5.0 | - | - | 10.5 | 14.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 13.2 | 4.9 | 10.0 |
| Olive | - | - | - | - | - | 11.3 | 2.0 | 0.4 | - | 1.3 | 71.3 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palm | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 44.0 | 4.5 | 0.4 | - | 0.1 | 39.2 | 10.1 | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poultry | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.9 | 21.6 | 6.0 | - | - | 5.7 | 37.4 | 19.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | - | 0.1 | - | - | - |
| Soybean | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 10.3 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 22.8 | 51.0 | 6.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunflower | - | - | - | - | - | 5.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 45.3 | 39.8 | 0.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tallow | - | - | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 24.9 | 18.9 | 0.2 | - | 4.2 | 36 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | - | - | - | - | - |