Table 1.

Composition of the experimental high-fat diets (diet A) and low fat chow diets (diet B).

A: Composition of the Experimental High-Fat Diets (Diet A)
	HFD 1	HFD + Plant Sterol Esters	HFD + Plant Stanol Esters
Composition (%)
Sucrose	39.75	38.97	38.97
Casein	23.64	23.18	23.18
Beef fat	15.78	15.47	15.47
Cellulose	5.91	5.79	5.79
Olive Oil	2.94	2.07	2.07
Soybean oil	2.27	2.07	2.07
Corn Starch	2.59	2.54	2.54
Vitamin Mix 2	0.58	0.58	0.58
Mineral Mix 3	5.44	5.33	5.33
Choline	0.47	0.46	0.46
DL Methionine	0.24	0.23	0.23
Cholesterol 4	0.20	0.20	0.20
Linseed Oil	0.19	-	-
Plant sterol esters 5	-	3.10	-
Plant stanol esters 5	-	-	3.10
B: Composition of the Experimental Low Fat Chow Diets (Diet B)
	Chow + Rapeseed Oil 6	Chow + Plant Sterol Esters	Chow + Plant Stanol Esters	Chow
Composition (%)
Sucrose	29.39	29.39	29.39	29.38
Casein	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00
Cellulose	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Olive Oil	2.83	2.00	2.00	2.00
Soybean oil	2.17	2.00	2.00	2.00
Corn Starch	34.73	32.81	32.81	35.92
Vitamin Mix 2	0.58	0.50	0.50	0.50
Mineral Mix 3	4.60	4.60	4.60	4.60
Choline	0.40	0.40	0.40	0.40
DL Methionine	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
Linseed Oil	0.19	-	-	-
Plant sterol esters 5	-	3.10	-	-
Plant stanol esters 5	-	-	3.10	-

¹ HFD: high-fat diet; ² Vitamin mix: vitamins premix, trace elements premix; ³ Mineral mix: calcium hydrogen phosphate, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, magnesium sulphate heptahydrate, sodium chloride, magnesium oxide; ⁴ This added amount of 0.2% cholesterol together with the 0.015% cholesterol from beef fat produces a diet that contains 0.22% cholesterol; ⁵ The 3.1% plant sterol or stanol esters correspond to ± 2% free plant sterols or stanols. The chow diet contains ± 10.2 En% fat, whereas the HFD contains ± 41.5 En% fat; ⁶ Rapeseed oil: rapeseed oil fatty acids.