Fatty acid composition of danish margarines and shortenings, with special emphasis ontrans fatty acids
- 1 September 1996
- Vol. 31 (9), 971-975
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02522691
Abstract
Trans fatty acids from hydrogenated vegetable and marine oils could be as hypercholesterolemic and atherogenic as saturated fatty acids. Hence, it is important to know the fatty acid composition in major food contributors, e.g., margarines and shortenings. In 1992 margarines were examined, and in 1995 brands covering the entire Danish market were examined. Significant amounts oftrans-18∶1 were found only in hard margarines (mean: 4.2±2.8%) and shortenings (mean: 6.8 ±3.1%), whereas the semisoft and soft margarines contained substantially lesstrans-18∶1 in 1995 than in 1992. Where marine oils had been used to a larger degree the meantrans-monoenoic content was about 15%, of which close to 50% was made up of long-chain (C20 and C22)trans fatty acids. A note-worthy decrease in the content oftrans-18∶1 had occurred for the semisoft margarines, from 9.8±6.1% in 1992 to 1.2±2.2% in 1995. Calculated from sales figures, the supply oftrans-18∶1 plus saturated fatty acids from margarines had decreased over this three-year period by 1.4 g/day, which has been replaced bycis monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids.Keywords
This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
- Dietary Saturated and transFatty Acids and Cholesterol and 25-Year Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease: The Seven Countries StudyPreventive Medicine, 1995
- Trans fatty acids: Implications for health, analytical methods, incidence in edible fats and intakeMolecular Nutrition & Food Research, 1995
- Impact of myristic acid versus palmitic acid on serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in healthy women and men.Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis: A Journal of Vascular Biology, 1994
- Intake of trans fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease among womenThe Lancet, 1993
- Effect of dietary fatty acids on serum lipids and lipoproteins. A meta-analysis of 27 trials.Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis: A Journal of Vascular Biology, 1992
- Effect of fish diet versus meat diet on blood lipids, coagulation and fibrinolysis in healthy young menJournal of Internal Medicine, 1991
- Effect of Dietary trans Fatty Acids on High-Density and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Healthy SubjectsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1990
- Effect of Dietary Stearic Acid on Plasma Cholesterol and Lipoprotein LevelsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1988
- Fatty Acid Composition of Danish MargarinesFette, Seifen, Anstrichmittel, 1985
- Trans unsaturated fatty acids in natural products and processed foodsProgress in Lipid Research, 1983