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. 2021 Feb 19;101(10):4266–4277. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.11066

Table 4.

Oxidative, nutritional and energy‐related parameters of vegetable (soybean, rapeseed and sunflower) oils obtained from commercial animal nutrition sources

Soybean oil Rapeseed oil Sunflower oil
Minimum Maximum Average σ Minimum Maximum Average Minimum Maximum Average σ
n 245 219 72
Oxidative parameters
PV (meq kg‐1) 0.05 17.97 6.10 3.70 1.00 19.67 8.23 5.91 1.40 31.96 15.45 6.16
TBA (ppm) 0.10 1.40 0.19 0.21 0.10 3.10 0.27 0.64 0.01 1.02 0.13 0.14
OSI 100°C (h) 2.90 24.00 12.79 3.40 2.75 35.65 17.78 9.03 4.10 12.70 8.96 1.64
Nutritional parameters
FFA (% C18:1) 0.00 2.09 0.60 0.47 0.00 1.40 0.59 0.46 0.03 1.53 0.69 0.33
MUFA 18.95 31.96 25.86 2.16 61.82 70.30 67.35 2.41 18.04 39.35 30.73 4.81
PUFA 48.36 63.35 56.72 2.45 23.08 30.57 25.85 2.07 49.79 71.15 58.40 4.54
Fatty acid profile
C14:0 0.00 0.21 0.09 0.05 0.00 0.10 0.05 0.02 0.00 0.16 0.07 0.04
C16:0 9.88 14.25 12.07 0.71 4.07 5.65 4.85 0.31 5.93 8.01 7.03 0.46
C16:1 0.00 0.21 0.09 0.05 0.10 0.25 0.15 0.04 0.00 0.17 0.08 0.04
C18:0 3.30 7.03 5.02 0.85 1.31 2.32 1.68 0.26 2.54 4.69 3.69 0.40
C18:1 0.00 2.01 0.05 0.16 0.00 0.11 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.17 0.02 0.03
C18:2 19.31 31.35 25.52 2.09 60.90 69.23 66.09 2.51 18.04 39.10 30.50 4.80
C18:3 0.00 2.01 0.05 0.16 0.00 0.11 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.17 0.02 0.03
U:S ratio 3.63 5.94 4.78 0.36 11.49 16.15 14.31 1.04 6.71 9.76 8.24 0.58
Energy diluting factors
Moisture (%) 0.01 0.19 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.14 0.07 0.03 0.01 0.14 0.07 0.02
Impurities (%) 0.00 0.07 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.07 0.02 0.02
Unsaponifiables (%) 0.30 1.12 0.70 0.13 0.74 1.30 1.00 0.13 0.40 1.14 0.77 0.13
Total MIU (%) 0.39 1.30 0.81 0.15 0.83 1.39 1.10 0.14 0.45 1.52 0.90 0.19
Energy value (kcal.kg −1 )
AME young poultry 8578.93 8984.18 8761.24 71.18 9042.35 9100.95 9081.59 15.10 8957.82 9051.73 9015.97 21.55
AME old poultry 8889.13 9173.44 9012.98 47.63 9252.17 9316.38 9297.33 15.84 9169.40 9268.48 9223.43 20.03
DE young pigs 8778.64 8988.54 8874.12 37.11 9018.66 9048.96 9038.64 7.93 8973.53 9023.89 9005.55 11.19
DE old pigs 8749.97 8804.54 8781.07 10.62 8796.24 8812.93 8805.77 5.56 8794.57 8811.43 8802.93 4.02
Energy value including MIU (kcal kg ‐1 )
AME young poultry 8421.97 8919.65 8686.09 82.37 8936.19 9020.75 8982.01 22.27 8824.39 8985.11 8930.82 33.66
AME old poultry 8739.93 9128.69 8941.04 61.86 9143.55 9231.91 9195.38 23.01 9031.57 9196.46 9136.12 32.74
DE old pigs 8661.79 8925.57 8801.67 45.81 8904.32 8970.82 8939.53 16.81 8838.59 8960.56 8921.71 25.29
DE young pigs 0.39 1.30 0.81 0.15 0.83 1.39 1.10 0.14 0.45 1.52 0.90 0.19

TBA, 2‐thiobarbituric acid; PV, peroxide value; OSI, Oxidative Stability Index; FFA, free fatty acid; MIU, moisture, impurities and unsaponifiables; U;S, unsaturated/saturated ratio; MUFA, mono‐unsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, poly‐unsaturated fatty acid; AME, apparent metabolizable energy; DE, digestible energy.