Table 3. Fatty acids composition of whey before (WBR) and Ricotta after 1 (T1) d of ripening obtained from ewes fed a standard diet (CTRL) and ewes fed red grape pomace dietary supplementation (GP+)
| WBR | Ricotta T1 |
CTRL | GP+ | p-vaule | CTRL | GP+ | p-vaule |
C4:0 | 2.28±0.20 | 2.36±0.32 | ns | 3.47±0.48 | 3.55±1.07 | ns |
C6:0 | 2.46±0.15 | 2.57±0.29 | ns | 3.49±0.49 | 3.63±1.04 | ns |
C8:0 | 2.76±0.13 | 2.89±0.27 | ns | 3.84±0.55 | 4.11±1.09 | ns |
C10:0 | 9.54±0.35 | 10.13±0.75 | ns | 13.03±1.78 | 13.78±3.15 | ns |
C12:0 | 5.57±0.10 | 5.92±0.31 | ns | 6.81±0.75 | 7.29±1.10 | ns |
C14:0 | 12.46±0.17 | 13.12±0.21 | * | 13.31±0.46 | 13.89±0.39 | ns |
C15:0 | 1.15±0.01 | 1.01±0.02 | *** | 1.11±0.04 | 0.94±0.08 | ** |
C16:0 | 28.14±0.46 | 28.11±0.84 | ns | 26.10±1.50 | 25.59±3.01 | ns |
C17:0 | 0.79±0.01 | 0.71±0.03 | * | 0.55±0.07 | 0.45±0.06 | * |
C18:0 | 8.54±0.11 | 7.37±0.56 | * | 6.81±0.79 | 5.87±1.28 | ns |
C14:1 | 0.59±0.01 | 0.50±0.01 | *** | 0.45±0.03 | 0.31±0.04 | *** |
C16:1 | 1.41±0.02 | 1.49±0.06 | ns | 1.13±0.23 | 1.21±0.23 | ns |
C18:1, t11 | 0.28±0.09 | 0.63±0.10 | * | 0.62±0.07 | 0.86±0.16 | * |
C18:1, c9 | 15.01±0.21 | 14.25±0.74 | ns | 12.28±1.49 | 11.65±2.40 | ns |
C18:1, c11 | 0.19±0.02 | 0.19±0.03 | ns | 0.06±0.04 | 0.07±0.04 | ns |
C18:2 | 3.15±0.05 | 3.25±0.23 | ns | 2.41±0.28 | 2.41±0.43 | ns |
C18:3 | 0.66±0.01 | 0.58±0.04 | * | 0.53±0.10 | 0.45±0.12 | ns |
CLA | 1.28±0.12 | 1.25±0.08 | ns | 0.91±0.10 | 0.91±0.17 | ns |
SFA | 73.68±0.44 | 74.21±0.92 | ns | 78.53±1.88 | 79.08±3.36 | ns |
MUFA | 17.48±0.38 | 17.05±0.68 | ns | 14.54±1.38 | 14.08±2.63 | ns |
PUFA | 5.09±0.12 | 5.07±0.35 | ns | 3.84±0.48 | 3.77±0.72 | ns |
Others | 3.75±0.03 | 3.67±0.03 | * | 3.09±0.03 | 3.07±0.02 | ns |
SCFA (C4-C6) | 4.74±0.34 | 4.93±0.61 | ns | 6.97±0.96 | 7.18±2.11 | ns |
MCFA (C8-C15) | 33.78±0.47 | 35.34±1.61 | ns | 40.05±3.43 | 41.84±5.76 | ns |
LCFA (C16-C18:3) | 61.48±0.75 | 59.73±2.21 | ns | 52.99±4.27 | 50.98±7.86 | ns |
DIC14:0 | 0.05±0.01 | 0.04±0.01 | *** | 0.03±0.01 | 0.02±0.01 | *** |
DIC16:0 | 0.05±0.01 | 0.05±0.01 | ns | 0.04±0.01 | 0.05±0.01 | ns |
DIC18:0 | 0.64±0.01 | 0.66±0.01 | * | 0.64±0.01 | 0.67±0.01 | *** |
DICLA | 0.83±0.01 | 0.69±0.07 | ** | 0.59±0.03 | 0.51±0.02 | ** |
AI | 3.70±0.09 | 3.92±0.19 | ns | 4.73±0.55 | 5.13±1.20 | ns |
TI | 7.81±0.13 | 7.92±0.28 | ns | 7.56±0.12 | 7.70±0.22 | ns |
Data are reported as mean percentage of total fat±SD.
p<0.05,
p<0.01,
p<0.001.
ns, not significant, CLA, conjugated linoleic acids, SFA, saturated fatty acid, MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid, SCFA, short chain fatty acids (C4:0-C6:0), MCFA, medium chain fatty acids (C8:0-C15:0), LCFA, long chain fatty acids (C16:0-C18:3); DI, desaturation index; AI, atherogenic index, TI, thrombogenic index.