Table 4.
Fatty acid profile (% of total fatty acids) and cholesterol content of milk from different mammalian species#.
| Ruminants | Non-ruminants | Human | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatty acids | Cattle | Buffalo | Goat | Sheep | Red deer | Camel | Horse | Donkey | |
| SFA (%) | 55.7–72.8 | 62.1–74 | 59.9–73.7 | 57.5–74.6 | No data | 47–69.9 | 37.5–55.8 | 46.7–67.7 | 39.4–45 |
| MUFA (%) | 22.7–30.3 | 24.0–29.4 | 21.8–35.9 | 23.0–39.1 | No data | 28.1–31.1 | 18.9–36.2 | 15.31–35.0 | 33.2–45.1 |
| PUFA (%) | 2.4–6.3 | 2.3–3.9 | 2.6–5.6 | 2.5–7.3 | No data | 1.8–11.1 | 12.8 −51.3 | 14.17–30.5 | 8.1–19.1 |
| ω-6: ω-3 fatty acids ratio | 2.1–3.7 | No data | 4 | 1.0–3.8 | No data | No data | 0.3–3.5 | 0.9–6.1 | 7.4–8.1 |
| CLA (%) | 0.2–2.4 | 0.4–1 | 0.3–1.2 | 0.6–1.1 | No data | 0.4–1 | 0.02–0.1 | No data | 0.2–1.1 |
| Cholesterol (mg/100 mL milk) | 13.1–31.4 | 4–18.0 | 10.7–18.1 | 14–29.0 | No data | 31.3–37.1 | 5.0–8.8 | No data | 14–20 |
| % of C16:0 at sn-2 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 29 | No data | No data | No data | 54 | 74 |