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Table 1 Composition of foods including fatty acid distribution

From: High content of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in red blood cells of Kenyan Maasai despite low dietary intake

 

Cow's milk

(n = 4)

Fermented Cow's Milk

(n = 8)

Ugali1

(n = 3)

Kimbo®2

(n = 3)

 

Mean

sd

Mean

sd

Mean

sd

Mean

sd

Energy (kJ/100 g)

350

7

387

62

477

17

3930

5

Carbohydrates3 (g/100 g)

5.4

0.1

5.3

0.4

19.9

0.7

0

0

Fat (g/100 g)

4.5

0.2

5.1

1.4

1.0

0.0

99.7

0.7

Protein (g/100 g)

3.7

0.3

4.3

0.7

2.4

0.1

0.3

0.1

Fibre (g/100 g)

--

--

--

--

2.5

0.1

--

--

Cholesterol (mg/100 g)

8.5

1.2

10.2

4.3

--

--

1.7

0.1

Fatty acids (% of total FAME)

   ∑C6 > C10

6.79

0.49

7.81

1.75

0.03

0.00

0.03

0.00

   C12:0

3.15

0.09

3.20

0.47

0.14

0.01

0.01

0.00

   C14:0

11.67

0.53

11.35

1.16

0.05

0.00

0.87

0.03

   C16:0

33.81

1.58

32.37

2.37

12.92

0.27

45.71

0.45

   C16:1

1.91

0.40

1.74

0.41

0.14

0.00

0.14

0.00

   C18:0

9.26

1.07

9.61

1.28

2.17

0.05

4.00

0.11

   C18:1cis 9

17.24

1.26

17.26

2.03

32.65

0.12

38.19

0.51

   ∑C18:1trans

2.30

0.31

2.48

0.37

0.04

0.00

0.08

0.03

   C18:1t 11

1.39

0.22

1.51

0.29

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

   C18:2n-6

0.56

0.10

0.59

0.15

48.97

0.15

9.21

0.17

   ∑CLA

1.01

0.14

1.08

0.25

0.03

0.00

0.04

0.00

   c9,t 11 CLA

0.81

0.11

0.88

0.23

0.01

0.00

0.01

0.00

   C18:3n-3

0.47

0.11

0.50

0.10

1.03

0.01

0.10

0.01

   C20:0

0.34

0.02

0.35

0.05

0.46

0.01

0.32

0.01

   C20:4n-6

0.05

0.01

0.06

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

   C20:5n-3

0.06

0.01

0.08

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

   C22:0

0.18

0.02

0.18

0.02

0.14

0.00

0.06

0.00

   C22:5n-3

0.11

0.01

0.11

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

   C22:6n-3

0.01

0.00

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

   ∑SFA

73.57

0.90

73.40

2.56

16.20

0.23

51.38

0.58

   ∑MUFA

23.90

0.67

23.89

2.49

33.73

0.12

39.26

0.46

   ∑PUFA

2.52

0.30

2.71

0.37

50.07

0.14

9.36

0.17

   ∑n-3 PUFA

0.73

0.12

0.79

0.14

1.05

0.01

0.10

0.01

   ∑n-6 PUFA

0.67

0.12

0.71

0.17

48.98

0.15

9.21

0.17

   n-6/n-3

0.92

0.10

0.90

0.11

46.64

0.58

88.98

7.58

  1. 1 Solid mush with just maize meal and water for analysis
  2. 2 Palm oil-derived shortening
  3. 3 Total digestible carbohydrates