Table 8.

Indices of fatty acid profiles from milks derived from cows fed a pasture diet supplemented with CONC, PALM, SOYA, or BEET.

Fatty Acid Indices	CONC	PALM	SOYA	BEET	P-Value
SFA	76.85 ± 0.42	78.21 ± 0.5	77.36 ± 0.14	77.91 ± 0.4	0.03
UFA	23.15 ± 0.42	21.79 ± 0.5	22.64 ± 0.14	22.09 ± 0.4	0.03
PUFA	3.03 ± 0.01	2.47 ± 0.03	3.18 ± 0.15	3.15 ± 0.03	<0.001
MUFA	20.12 ± 0.43	19.33 ± 0.52	19.46 ± 0.06	18.94 ± 0.38	0.08
PUFA/SFA	0.04 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01	<0.001
MUFA/SFA	0.26 ± 0.01	0.25 ± 0.01	0.25 ± 0	0.24 ± 0.01	0.07
Hardness Index (C18:1n–9 cis/C16:)	0.46 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.03	0.44 ± 0.01	0.39 ± 0.01	0.07
Short Chain (C4–C14)	30.11 ± 0.26	34.21 ± 0.49	30.6 ± 0.29	30.82 ± 0.08	<0.001
Medium Chain (C15–C17)	40.25 ± 1.58	38.49 ± 1.31	40.62 ± 0.54	42.95 ± 0.35	0.02
Long Chain (C18–C24)	29.64 ± 1.39	27.3 ± 0.85	28.77 ± 0.62	26.23 ± 0.34	0.02
Ω-3	0.69 ± 0.03	0.46 ± 0.03	0.66 ± 0.03	0.64 ± 0.04	0.00
Ω-6	1.14 ± 0.03	0.94 ± 0.03	1.36 ± 0.16	1.27 ± 0.02	0.01
Ω-9	17.14 ± 0.65	16.14 ± 0.56	16.45 ± 0.19	15.51 ± 0.29	0.04
Ω-3/Ω-6	0.6 ± 0.03	0.49 ± 0.04	0.5 ± 0.07	0.5 ± 0.03	0.14
AI	4.18 ± 0.13	4.79 ± 0.15	4.35 ± 0.07	4.6 ± 0.10	<0.001
TI	4.4 ± 0.10	4.81 ± 0.19	4.56 ± 0.04	4.75 ± 0.17	0.07
C14:/C14:0	0.1 ± 0.01	0.1 ± 0.01	0.09 ± 0.01	0.11 ± 0.01	0.18
C16:1/C16:0	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.05 ± 0.01	0.16
Σ18:1/C18:0	1.86 ± 0.08	1.9 ± 0.04	1.84 ± 0.05	2.11 ± 0.12	0.04
LA/ALA	1.51 ± 0.07	1.89 ± 0.18	1.93 ± 0.34	1.85 ± 0.13	0.24
De novo (C4–C14)	28.87 ± 0.29	32.82 ± 0.52	29.40 ± 0.28	29.42 ± 0.06	<0.001

SFA: saturated fatty acids; UFA: unsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: poly unsaturated fatty acids; MUFA: mono-unsaturated fatty acids; TI: thrombogenic; AI: atherogenic; LA: linoleic acid.