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. 2021 Apr 30;12:659551. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.659551

Table 1.

Components of selected edible oils (unless specified otherwise the amounts reported are per 100 g of oil).

Oil Description Flaxseed (Pennington, 2002) Olive (Pennington, 2002) Canola (Pennington, 2002) Soybean (Pennington, 2002) Hempseed (Wang et al., 2019) Cod liver (Pennington, 2002) Krill (Xie et al., 2019)
Fatty acids, total saturated (g) 8.976 13.808 7.365 15.65 6.67 22.608
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated (g) 18.438 72.961 63.276 22.783 13.33 46.711
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated (g) 67.849 10.523 28.142 57.74 66.67 22.541
Choline, total (mg) 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) (mg) 0.47 14.35 17.46 8.18 14.74–63.0
Vitamin K (mcg) 9.3 60.2 71.3 183.9
Calcium (mg) 1 1 1,322
Phosphorus (mg) 1 1,140
Magnesium (mg) 360
Iron (mg) 0.56 0.05
Zinc (mg) 0.07 0.01
Potassium (mg) 1
Sodium (mg) 2
Vitamin D (μg) 250
Vitamin A (μg) 30,000 16.4–28.5 mg/100 g
Ω-6/ω-3 ratio 1.71–2.27
Chlorophylls (μg/g) 0.041–2.64
Tocopherols (mg/100 g) 100–150
Carotenoids (μg/g) 0.29–1.73
10:0 (g) 0.008
12:0 (g) 0.018
14:0 (g) 0.077 3.568
16:0 (g) 5.109 11.29 4.298 10.455 10.63
18:0 (g) 3.367 1.953 2.087 4.435 2.799
16:1 (g) 0.06 1.255 0.214 0 8.309
18:1 (g) 18.316 71.269 61.744 22.55 20.653
20: 1(g) 0.311 1.317 0.233 10.422
22:1 (g) 0.031 7.328
18:2 (g) 14.327 9.762 19.005 50.952 0.935
18:3 (g) 53.368 0.761 9.137 6.789 0.935
18:4 (g) 0.935
20:4 (g) 0.935
20:5 n-3 (g) 6.898
22:5 n-3 (g) 0.935
22:6 n-3 (g) 10.968
Cholesterol (mg) 570