Table 1.
Fatty acid composition of some major fats and oils
| Fatty acids | Oils | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm oil | Coconut oil | Peanut oil | Sunflower oil | Cottonseed oil | |
| 8:0 (Caprílic acid) | 0.1 | 7.6 | – | – | – |
| 10:0 (Capric acid) | 0.1 | 6.5 | – | – | – |
| 12:0 (Lauric acid) | 0.4 | 48.2 | – | – | – |
| 14:0 (Meristic acid) | 1.1 | 18.5 | 0.1 | – | 0.77 |
| 16:0 (Palmitic acid) | 43.8 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 5.70 | 21.95 |
| 18:0 (Stearic acid) | 4.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 4.79 | 2.27 |
| 20:0 (Arachidic acid) | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.30 | 0.26 |
| 22:0 (Behenic acid) | 0.1 | – | 2.3 | 1.16 | 0.36 |
| 24:0 (Lignoceric acid) | 0.1 | – | 1.4 | 0.31 | 0.12 |
| 16:1 (Palmitoleic acid) | 0.2 | – | 0.2 | – | 0.47 |
| 17:1 (Myristoleic acid) | – | – | 0.1 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| 18:1 (Oleic acid) | 39.1 | 6.0 | 47.9 | 15.26 | 16.61 |
| 20:1 (Gadoleic acid) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.22 | 0.14 |
| 22:1 (Erucic acid) | – | – | 0.1 | – | – |
| 24:1 (Nervonic acid) | – | – | – | 0.39 | 0.16 |
| 18:2 (Linoleic acid) | 10.2 | 1.8 | 30.3 | 71.17 | 56.35 |
| 18:3 (Linolenic acid) | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.45 | 0.33 |
| 20:2 (Eicosadienoic acid) | – | – | – | 0.09 | 0.10 |
| SFA (Saturated fatty acids) | 50.4 | 92.0 | 18.4 | 12.36 | 25.75 |
| UFA (Unsaturated fatty acids) | 49.6 | 8.0 | 80.3 | 87.64 | 74.27 |