| Recommended |
Fatty Acids % by weight |
Anti-oxidant |
Remarks Souce : Report of WHONIN workshop on dietary fats & non-communicable diseases, July 7-8, 2005 held at NIN, Hyderabad |
| Saturated Fat (SFA) |
Poly-unsaturted Fat (PUFA) |
Mono-unsaturated Fat (MUFA) |
| 27% - 33% |
27% - 33% |
33% - 40% |
| Desi Ghee/Butter |
67 |
3 |
30 |
|
Very high SFA, contains undesirable cholesterols |
| Vanaspati Ghee |
60 |
0 |
40 |
|
Very high SFA, contains undesirable Trans-Fatty Acid |
| Palm Oil |
50 |
10 |
40 |
Tocopherols, Tocotrinols |
High SFA |
| Kardi Oil / Safflower oil |
9 |
78 |
13 |
Tocopherols |
Very high PUFA |
| Sunflower oil |
12 |
69 |
19 |
Tocopherols |
Very high PUFA |
| soyabean oil |
15 |
61 |
24 |
Tocopherols |
Very high PUFA |
| cottonseed oil |
26 |
55 |
19 |
Tocopherols |
Very high PUFA |
| olive oil |
16 |
11 |
73 |
Tocopherols |
Low PUFA & low smoke point |
| mustard oil |
3 |
29 |
68 |
Tocopherols |
Low SFA and high levels of undesirable Erucic acid and high Omega |
| canola oil |
6 |
32 |
62 |
Tocopherols |
Very high Omega3, so not good for frying and low SFA |
| grounnut oil |
22 |
33 |
45 |
|
|
| RICE BRAN OIL |
24 |
34 |
42 |
Tocopherols, Tocotrinols, Oryzanol |
Most ideal fat composition, rich in unique nutracentical & anti-oxidants. |
