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. 2021 Sep 3;10(9):2089. doi: 10.3390/foods10092089

Table 4.

Erucic acid concentration in mustard products.

Type Origin Amount of Erucic Acid
(of Total FA)
Reference
Mustard seed B. juncea mustard
(54 varieties)
India 35.7–51.4% [113]
B. juncea varieties Bangladesh 43.7–48.6% [115]
B. juncea (51 collections) India 22.5–53.4% [116]
B. nigra (3 collections) 35.9–40.1%
S. alba (4 collections) 39.1–47.2%
B. nigra (n = 5) Germany 20–40% [117]
B. juncea (n = 5)
S. alba (n = 5)
B. juncea (n = 12) India 39.4–51.8% [46]
B. juncea (n = 3) 0.9–1.6%
B. nigra (n = 5) Egypt 33.3–45/32–42.9 %a [118]
B. juncea (n = 5) 21.9–40/24.2–42.7 %a
Mustard seed oil Mustard oil (n = 3) Australia 43.8–45.8% [114]
Mustard oil (n = 6) Germany 0.3–50.8%
S. alba mustard oil Egypt 37.90% [90]
B. juncea mustard oil 23.90%
Mustard oil India [119]
Variety 1 (n = 3) 0.9–4.7%
Variety 2 (n = 2) 14.7–34.1%
Mustard oil Bangladesh 41.80% [120]
Mustard oil (Erucic free) 20.10%
Mustard oil (n = 59) India 48.5–54.02% [121]
Mustard oil Turkey 11.40% [122]
Mustard oil Malaysia 18.50% [123]
S. alba mustard oil Poland [124]
Cultivar 1 22.20%
Cultivar 2 (Erucic free) 3.80%
Other mustard products Mustard samples (n = 15) Germany 14–33% [114]
Mustard sauces (n = 5) <5%
Mustard condiment Germany 1.6 g/100 g condiment b [125]
Mustard seeds 11.5 g/100 g seeds c
Mustard sauces Malaysia 33.10% [123]
Mustard sauces 32.20%
Mustard powder 25.50%

a 2 crop years, b total fat content 4%, c total fat content 28.8%.