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Table 4 Fatty acid profile (%) of therapeutic complementary foods

From: Nutritional, antioxidant and organoleptic properties of therapeutic-complementary-food formulated from locally available food materials for severe acute malnutrition management

Samples

OG

P0

P1

P2

P3

Saturated fatty acids (SFA)

Caprylic acid

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

Capric acid

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

Lauric acid

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

0.00a

Myristic acid

0.32c

0.32c

0.36b

0.31c

0.76a

Palmitic acid

25.89a

13.10b

12.21e

12.77c

12.55d

Margaric acid

0.05b

0.05b

0.06b

0.05b

0.12a

Stearic acids

3.62d

4.13c

6.14a

6.15a

5.32b

Behenic acid

0.52c

0.51c

0.58b

0.49c

1.25a

Lignoceric acid

0.07b

0.07b

0.08b

0.07b

0.18a

Arachidic acid

0.27b

0.08c

0.03d

0.77a

0.00e

Æ©SFA

30.74a

18.98e

19.73d

20.61b

20.18c

Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)

Palmitoleic acid

1.40a

0.80d

0.90c

0.77e

0.95b

Oleic acid

24.25e

46.15a

44.21d

44.40c

44.97b

Erucic acid

0.38c

0.37c

0.43b

0.36c

0.91a

Æ©MUFA

26.03d

47.32a

45.54c

45.53c

46.83b

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)

Linoleic acid

39.83a

25.34b

23.21e

24.37d

24.57c

Linolenic acid

3.24e

8.21c

11.35a

9.57b

8.13d

Arachidonic acid

0.09b

0.09b

0.10b

0.08b

0.21a

Æ©PUFA

43.16a

33.64c

34.66b

34.02d

32.91e

MUFA/PUFA

0.60c

1.40a

1.31b

1.33b

1.42a

PUFA/SFA

1.40d

1.77b

1.75b

3.95a

1.63c

(PUFA + MUFA)/SFA

2.25e

4.26b

4.06c

6.23a

3.95d

  1. Mean values with the different superscript within the same row are significantly different from each other (p ≤ 0.05)
  2. Keys: P0 = Full fat milk 30%, peanut 25%, soybean oil 15%, sugar 28%, mineral mix 2%, P1 = Orange-fleshed sweet potato 26.5%, sorghum 26.5%, full fat milk 30%, soybean oil 5%, sugar 10%, moringa leaves 2%), P2 = Soycake 15%, Orange fleshed sweet potato 26.5%, sorghum 26.5%, full fat milk 15%, soybean oil 5%, sugar 10%, moringa leaves 2%, P3 = Soycake 30%, Orange fleshed sweet potato 26.5%, sorghum 26.5%, soybean oil 5%, sugar 10%, moringa leaves 2%) and OG (100% sorghum)