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. 2020 Dec 25;10(1):42. doi: 10.3390/foods10010042

Table 1.

Fatty acid composition summary of oil from potato chip samples and oil references using gas chromatograph flame ionization detector (GC-FID) method.

Corn Canola HO
SUN a (I)
HO
SUN a (II)
MO
SUN b
Peanut Cottonseed
Palmitic (%)
C16:0
Range 8.4–14.1 2.9–4.7 2.4–5.2 2.5–4.9 3.5–5.9 3.0–5.0 17.6–21.8
Mean 11 3.9 4.2 3.9 4.5 4.2 20
SD 1.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.6
Reference oils 9.6 3.9 2.8 —— 3.4 8.1 16.8
Stearic (%)
C18:0
Range 1.6–2.3 1.9–2.1 2.9–3.8 1.7–4.3 2.1–4.2 2.5–3.3 2.6–3.2
Mean 1.9 2 3.4 3.2 3.5 2.9 2.9
SD 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.3
Reference oils 1.8 1.9 2.6 —— 3.5 3.1 2.9
Oleic (%)
C18:1 n-9
Range 28.3–32.3 66.6–68.7 82.0–87.1 70.9–78.9 64.1–69.9 75.6–81.4 18.9–20.1
Mean 30.5 67.6 83.9 74.3 67.6 78.5 19.2
SD 0.9 0.7 1.7 2.5 1.6 2.6 0.5
Reference oils 30 66.5 84.3 —— 66.6 66.6 20.6
Linoleic (%)
C18:2 n-6
Range 54.5–58.5 18.4–19.5 6.7–10.4 14–21.9 22.5–27.6 11.4–15.4 57.0–59.1
Mean 55.7 19.1 8.4 17.7 24.3 13.8 57.9
SD 1 0.4 1.2 2.5 1.3 1.7 0.9
Reference oils 57.6 19.4 10.3 —— 26 25.9 59.4
Linolenic (%)
C18:3 n-3
Range 0.6–1.0 6.2–9.1 0.0–0.8 0.2–2.4 0.1–1.4 0–0.8 0.0–0.2
Mean 0.9 7.5 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2
SD 0.1 1.1 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.1
Reference oils 1.1 8.4 0 —— 0.5 0.4 0.2

a HO SUN: a high-range oleic, above 70% monounsaturated sunflower oil; b MO SUN: a mid-range oleic, around 65% monounsaturated sunflower oil.