Table 3: Percentages of fatty acids (% fatty acids/of total fat) of the two types of whey cheese 1 day after production.

 

Fatty acid

 

Traditional whey cheese

Whey cheese analogue

SFA*

Butiric acid

C4

4.17

0.00

Caproic acid

C6

2.99

0.01

Caprylic acid

C8

3.12

0.10

Capric acid

C10

7.69

0.17

Lauric acid

C12

3.59

0.92

Myristic acid

C14

10.73

1.29

Pentadecanoic acid

C15

0.82

0

Palmitic acid

C16

28.06

38.72

Nacre acid

C17

0.4

0.07

Stearic acid

C18

6.97

3.46

Arachidonic acid

C20

0.00

0.62

Eicosanoic acid

C21

0.00

4.95

MUFA*

Myristoleic acid

C14:1

0.42

0.03

Palmitoleic acid

C16:1

1.06

0.17

Oleic acid

C18:1 (cis-9)

25.42

34.04

PUFA*

α-Linoleic acid

C18:2 (cis-9, cis-12)

2.69

11.63

α-Linolenic acid

C18:3 (cis-9, cis-12, cis-15)

0.15

0.09

Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid

C20:3

0.00

3.73

CLA**

C18:2 (cis-9, trans-11)

1.73

0

Total

100

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*SFA: Saturated Fatty acids, MUFA: Mono-unsaturated Fatty acids, PUFA: Poly-unsaturated Fatty acids

**CLA: Conjugated linoleic acid