Table 2 Total fat content and FA proportion of fillets of the seven most frequently consumed fish species

Total fat [wt %]

12.7 ± 3.09 ^a

2.28 ± 2.59 ^c

0.99 ± 0.37 ^c

0.81 ± 0.27 ^c

7.43 ± 6.25 ^b

7.93 ± 3.79 ^b

1.54 ± 0.49 ^c

FA [% of FAME]

 C16:0

13.3 ± 1.35^f

22.3 ± 2.79^b

18.9 ± 1.72^c

17.7 ± 2.48^cd

15.0 ± 2.98^ef

16.0 ± 1.64^de

28.9 ± 2.00^a

 C18:0

1.07 ± 0.12^d

8.15 ± 1.12^a

4.66 ± 0.85^b

3.09 ± 0.35^c

2.92 ± 0.56^c

3.42 ± 0.53^c

8.20 ± 0.76^a

 C18:1 n-9 (OA)

10.1 ± 3.86^d

11.5 ± 1.93^d

9.67 ± 2.81^d

13.1 ± 4.78^d

18.1 ± 7.65^c

23.9 ± 3.82^b

37.4 ± 1.03^a

∑ n -3 PUFA

16.1 ± 2.69 ^d

35.1 ± 4.84 ^b

46.8 ± 5.65 ^a

39.8 ± 8.65 ^b

24.9 ± 7.74 ^c

21.9 ± 4.38 ^c

2.96 ± 0.61 ^e

 C18:3 n-3 (ALA)

1.08 ± 0.16^bc

0.29 ± 0.13^c

0.43 ± 0.10^c

0.73 ± 0.54^c

1.47 ± 1.20^ab

1.91 ± 0.57^a

0.54 ± 0.42^c

 C18:4 n-3 (SDA)

1.93 ± 0.64^a

0.38 ± 0.32^de

0.49 ± 0.19^cd

0.35 ± 0.10^de

1.04 ± 0.40^b

0.78 ± 0.34^bc

0.04 ± 0.02^e

 C20:4 n-3

0.42 ± 0.12^c

0.26 ± 0.16^c

0.45 ± 0.11^c

0.28 ± 0.08^c

0.99 ± 0.35^a

0.81 ± 0.17^b

0.05 ± 0.01^d

 C20:5 n-3 (EPA)

5.21 ± 1.10^cd

4.42 ± 1.37^d

9.82 ± 1.66^b

14.5 ± 3.37^a

6.45 ± 2.18^c

4.07 ± 1.31^d

0.22 ± 0.05^e

 C22:5 n-3 (DPA)

0.53 ± 0.09^cd

0.87 ± 0.41^cd

0.91 ± 0.25^cd

1.04 ± 0.29^c

2.38 ± 0.89^a

1.56 ± 0.44^b

0.31 ± 0.04^d

 C22:6 n-3 (DHA)

6.83 ± 1.44^e

28.4 ± 4.92^b

34.5 ± 4.48^a

22.8 ± 5.27^c

12.3 ± 6.44^d

12.5 ± 3.58^d

1.44 ± 0.41^f

∑ EPA & DHA

12.0 ± 2.10^d

32.9 ± 5.18^b

44.3 ± 5.63^a

37.3 ± 8.57^b

18.7 ± 8.08^c

16.6 ± 4.44^cd

1.66 ± 0.45^e

∑ n -6 PUFA

2.58 ± 0.41 ^b

7.67 ± 1.70 ^ab

4.27 ± 2.37 ^b

12.6 ± 9.71 ^a

6.65 ± 6.09 ^ab

12.2 ± 4.11 ^a

12.2 ± 2.16 ^a

 C18:2 n-6 (LA)

1.90 ± 0.50^c

1.25 ± 0.25^c

2.15 ± 2.51^c

11.4 ± 9.94^a

5.24 ± 5.77^bc

10.3 ± 3.97^ab

8.15 ± 1.88^ab

 C18:3 n-6 (GLA)

0.11 ± 0.03^b

0.14 ± 0.04^b

0.09 ± 0.02^b

0.11 ± 0.03^b

0.23 ± 0.12^a

0.27 ± 0.03^a

0.21 ± 0.05^a

 C20:4 n-6 (AA)

0.21 ± 0.03^d

3.38 ± 1.10^a

1.32 ± 0.20^b

0.73 ± 0.17^c

0.40 ± 0.12^cd

0.49 ± 0.16^cd

1.56 ± 0.45^b

 C22:5 n-6

0.12 ± 0.03^c

2.50 ± 0.81^a

0.41 ± 0.07^c

0.16 ± 0.04^c

0.16 ± 0.04^c

0.22 ± 0.11^c

0.82 ± 0.24^b

∑ n -3/∑ n -6

6.42 ± 1.70 ^bc

4.97 ± 2.17 ^bc

12.6 ± 3.96 ^a

8.31 ± 8.53 ^b

7.41 ± 5.68 ^b

2.06 ± 0.91 ^c

0.24 ± 0.03 ^d

∑ n -6/∑ n -3

0.17 ± 0.04 ^c

0.22 ± 0.06 ^c

0.09 ± 0.06 ^c

0.38 ± 0.35 ^bc

0.34 ± 0.39 ^bc

0.62 ± 0.39 ^b

4.19 ± 0.58 ^a

∑ SFA

23.2 ± 2.30^c

34.8 ± 4.00^b

25.9 ± 2.08^c

22.7 ± 2.67^c

23.2 ± 3.87^c

24.2 ± 2.32^c

41.3 ± 2.81^a

∑ MUFA

53.4 ± 3.88^a

17.9 ± 4.21^c

20.7 ± 4.77^c

22.9 ± 3.80^c

41.0 ± 7.19^b

37.9 ± 3.89^b

40.9 ± 1.13 ^b

∑ PUFA

20.0 ± 2.65^d

43.2 ± 5.06^b

51.3 ± 5.62^a

52.7 ± 2.60^a

32.8 ± 6.92^c

35.2 ± 2.07^c

15.3 ± 2.66^e

FA [wt %]

∑ n -3 PUFA

1.95 ± 0.60 ^a

0.78 ± 0.92 ^b

0.43 ± 0.15 ^b

0.30 ± 0.11 ^b

1.51 ± 1.11 ^a

1.58 ± 0.69 ^a

0.04 ± 0.02 ^b

 C18:3 n-3 (ALA)

0.13 ± 0.04^ab

0.01 ± 0.01^b

≤0.01 ± 0.00^b

0.01 ± 0.01^b

0.15 ± 0.20^a

0.15 ± 0.10^a

0.01 ± 0.01^b

 C20:5 n-3 (EPA)

0.64 ± 0.23^a

0.12 ± 0.20^cd

0.09 ± 0.04^cd

0.11 ± 0.04^cd

0.41 ± 0.32^b

0.30 ± 0.20^bc

≤0.01 ± 0.00^d

 C22:6 n-3 (DHA)

0.81 ± 0.21^a

0.60 ± 0.63^ab

0.32 ± 0.11^bc

0.17 ± 0.06^c

0.61 ± 0.37^ab

0.86 ± 0.30^a

0.02 ± 0.01^c

∑ n -6 PUFA

0.31 ± 0.10 ^b

0.14 ± 0.08 ^b

0.04 ± 0.02 ^b

0.10 ± 0.10 ^b

0.71 ± 1.00 ^ab

0.94 ± 0.60 ^a

0.18 ± 0.06 ^b

 C18:2 n-6 (LA)

0.23 ± 0.09^b

0.03 ± 0.04^b

0.02 ± 0.02^b

0.10 ± 0.10^b

0.59 ± 0.90^ab

0.80 ± 0.55^a

0.12 ± 0.04^b

 C20:4 n-6 (AA)

0.03 ± 0.01^bcd

0.05 ± 0.03^a

0.01 ± 0.01^cd

0.01 ± 0.00^d

0.03 ± 0.02^bc

0.04 ± 0.02^b

0.02 ± 0.01^bcd