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. 2018 Feb 28;6(3):681–700. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.610

Table 1.

Fatty acids in raw, whole grassmilk, 36‐month average, 2014–2016 (1,163 samples)

g/100 g milka Percent of total fatty acidsb
Mean n SD CV (%) SE Mean n SD CV (%) SE
Fat measured at farm 4.237 1162 0.49 12 0.014
Total triglyceride (calculated) 3.881 1161 0.53 14 0.016
Total fatty acids 3.585 1161 0.48 13 0.014 99.996 1160 0.15 0.1 0.004
Saturated fatty acids
4:0 butyric 0.09202 1163 0.015 17 0.00045 2.572 1163 0.31 12 0.009
6:0 caproic 0.06967 1158 0.013 18 0.00037 1.940 1158 0.21 11 0.006
8:0 caprylic 0.04088 1160 0.009 21 0.00025 1.136 1160 0.16 14 0.005
10:0 capric 0.0963 1163 0.022 23 0.0007 2.671 1163 0.42 16 0.012
12:0 lauric 0.1106 1162 0.027 24 0.0008 3.066 1162 0.50 16 0.015
14:0 myristic 0.3997 1160 0.07 18 0.0021 11.114 1160 1.1 10 0.032
15:0 pentadecanoic 0.05619 1163 0.012 21 0.00034 1.567 1163 0.24 16 0.007
16:0 palmitic 1.116 1162 0.24 21 0.007 31.00 1162 4.3 14 0.13
17:0 margaric 0.0315 1163 0.007 21 0.00019 0.878 1163 0.13 15 0.004
18:0 stearic 0.3738 1163 0.08 22 0.0024 10.455 1163 2.0 19 0.057
20:0 arachidic 0.006756 1149 0.0016 24 0.000047 0.1878 1149 0.035 19 0.0010
22:0 behenic 0.004552 1155 0.0016 34 0.000046 0.1269 1155 0.040 32 0.0012
24:0 lignoceric 0.002443 1153 0.0007 28 0.000020 0.0682 1153 0.015 22 0.0004
Total saturatedc 2.399 1163 0.39 16 0.011 66.71 1162 4.2 6 0.12
Monounsaturated fatty acids
14:1 myristoleic 0.03404 1160 0.0095 28 0.00028 0.944 1160 0.20 22 0.006
16:1 palmitoleic 0.05643 1159 0.014 26 0.00043 1.571 1159 0.33 21 0.010
17:1 margaroleic 0.01052 1157 0.0029 28 0.00009 0.295 1157 0.08 26 0.002
18:1 including oleic 0.7258 1163 0.12 16 0.0034 20.36 1162 2.8 14 0.08
20:1 including gadoleic 0.00724 1161 0.0020 28 0.00006 0.2024 1161 0.05 25 0.0015
Total cis‐monounsaturatedc 0.8352 1163 0.12 15 0.0036 23.41 1162 2.6 11 0.08
ω‐3 fatty acids
18:3 α‐linolenic, ALA 0.04409 1163 0.011 25 0.00032 1.229 1163 0.26 21 0.008
18:4 stearidonic/moroctic 0.002636 841 0.0010 37 0.000034 0.0729 844 0.025 35 0.0009
20:3 11,14,17‐eicosatrienoic 0.001139 736 0.00036 32 0.000013 0.0306 747 0.009 31 0.0003
20:5 eicosapentaenoic, EPA 0.004132 1157 0.0010 23 0.000029 0.1148 1157 0.021 18 0.0006
22:3 docosatrienoic 0.00114 14 0.00036 32 0.00010 0.028 16 0.015 53 0.004
22:5 docosapentaenoic, DPA 0.005432 1158 0.0012 23 0.000036 0.1519 1158 0.030 20 0.0009
22:6 docosahexaenoic, DHA 0.001064 249 0.0005 50 0.000034 0.0266 258 0.018 67 0.0011
Total ω‐3d 0.05645 1161 0.013 23 0.00038 1.573 1161 0.30 19 0.009
ω‐6 fatty acids
18:2 linoleic, LA 0.04469 1156 0.010 22 0.00029 1.254 1156 0.27 22 0.008
18:3 γ‐linolenic, GLA 0.001100 649 0.00031 28 0.000012 0.0299 670 0.009 31 0.0004
20:2 eicosadienoic 0.001031 717 0.00017 17 0.000006 0.0258 743 0.007 28 0.0003
20:3 8,11,14‐eicosatrienoic (γ) 0.001964 1113 0.0006 32 0.000019 0.0548 1114 0.014 26 0.0004
20:4 arachidonic, AA 0.003453 1131 0.0015 43 0.000045 0.0920 1132 0.043 46 0.0013
22:2 docosadienoic 0.001803 969 0.0007 39 0.000023 0.0502 975 0.017 33 0.0005
22:4 docosatetraenoic 0.00118 91 0.0005 47 0.00006 0.024 108 0.016 70 0.002
Total ω‐6d 0.05250 1163 0.012 22 0.00034 1.467 1163 0.31 21 0.009
Total cis‐polyunsaturatedc 0.10885 1161 0.022 21 0.00066 3.045 1161 0.5 17 0.015
trans fatty acids
trans‐14:1 0.01335 1162 0.0029 22 0.00008 0.372 1162 0.07 17 0.002
trans‐16:1, trans‐palmitoleic 0.01964 1159 0.0042 21 0.00012 0.551 1159 0.11 20 0.003
trans‐18:1 including elaidic 0.1381 1160 0.05 39 0.0016 3.885 1160 1.5 39 0.045
trans‐18:2 octadecadienoic 0.02203 1159 0.008 35 0.00022 0.618 1159 0.21 34 0.006
Total trans fatty acidsc 0.1934 1163 0.06 31 0.0018 5.430 1163 1.7 31 0.049
Conjugated linoleic acid, CLA
18:2 conjugated, total 0.0498 1163 0.019 38 0.0006 1.403 1163 0.5 38 0.016
Sum
ALA + CLA 0.0939 1163 0.022 24 0.0006 2.633 1163 0.6 22 0.017
Ratios
LA/ALA 1.042 1156 0.21 21 0.006 1.042 1156 0.21 21 0.006
ω‐6/ω‐3 0.954 1154 0.18 19 0.005 0.947 1161 0.19 20 0.006
ω‐3/ω‐6 1.083 1154 0.20 18 0.006 1.131 1161 0.6 54 0.018
a

For FAs reported in units of g/100 g milk, means and the other statistics are based on quantified amounts ≥ 0.001 g/100 g (samples < 0.001 g/100 g not included). Hence, for minor FAs with n substantially <1,163, means are elevated, and other statistics are based on the distribution of samples ≥0.001 g/100 g.

b

For units of % of total FAs, means and other statistics have the same properties as noted above for units of g/100 g milk. For a few minor FAs, the laboratory quantified up to 26 more samples in units of % of total FAs than it did in units of g/100 g, increasing the n‐values shown here. In rare cases, the n‐values differ also by ± 1 due to differences in the number of outliers removed.

c

An average of sums reported by the laboratory for each sample. The laboratory sums include minor FAs reported in Table S1 but not tabulated here, so they usually slightly exceed the sum of means for the individual FAs listed here.

d

An average of sums of all 7 FAs for each sample. This average is slightly smaller than the sum of means shown for each FA, because some of the latter means are substantially elevated by exclusion of values < 0.001 mg/100 g milk (footnotea).