Table 1.
Typical composition (g/100 g) and content (mg/three daily servings) of key saturated fatty acids in bovine-derived milk. Fatty acids are median values in milk, pre-averaged by breed at four different timepoints across a lactation [13].
| Fatty acid | Median (g/100 g) |
Range (g/100 g) |
Median (mg/Three Daily Servings) 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total SCFA 1 | 5.18 | (4.83–7.44) | 1150 |
| 4:0 | 3.05 | (2.90–5.37) | 677 |
| 6:0 | 2.01 | (1.86–2.25) | 445 |
| Total MCFA 2 | 8.34 | (4.03–9.77) | 1850 |
| 8:0 | 1.18 | (0.82–1.37) | 261 |
| 10:0 | 2.86 | (1.48–3.38) | 635 |
| 12:0 | 3.60 | (1.53–4.20) | 798 |
| Total LCFA 3 | 58.13 | (43.02–67.66) | 12,903 |
| 14:0 | 12.14 | (8.56–12.57) | 2695 |
| 16:0 | 34.83 | (25.01–36.60) | 7730 |
| 18:0 | 9.05 | (7.91–15.94) | 2008 |
| Total VLCFA 4 | 0.13 | (0.08–0.14) | 29 |
| Total OCFA 5 | 2.8 | (1.83–2.91) | 622 |
| 15:0 | 1.28 | (0.72–1.39) | 284 |
| 17:0 | 0.71 | (0.70–0.97) | 158 |
| Total BCFA 6 | 1.65 | (1.49–1.8) | 366 |
| Total SFA 7 | 72.81 | (62.88–76.73) | 16,162 |
1 Total SCFA: all short-chain fatty acids (4:0, 5:0, 6:0). 2 Total MCFA: all medium-chain fatty acids (7:0, 8:0, 9:0, 10:0, 11:0, cyclohexyl 11:0, 12:0, 13:0). 3 Total LCFA: all long-chain fatty acids (14:0, 15:0, 16:0, 17:0, 18:0, 20:0, 21:0). 4 Total VLCFA: all very long-chain fatty acids (22:0, 23:0, 24:0). 5 Total OCFA: all odd-chain fatty acids (5:0, 7:0, 9:0,11:0, cyclohexyl 11:0, 13:0, 15:0, 17:0, 21:0, 23:0). 6 Total BCFA: all branched-chain fatty acids (iso 13:0, anteiso 13:0, iso 14:0, iso 15:0, anteiso 15:0, iso 16:0, iso 17:0, anteiso 17:0, iso 18:0). 7 Total SFA: all saturated fatty acids (SCFA, MCFA, LCFA, VLCFA, BCFA). 8 Median (mg/three daily servings): Median fatty acids mg/serving of whole milk (3.25% milk fat), calculated from median FA g/100 g as described in Bainbridge et al. (2017) [26] and multiplied by three.