Table 2. Fatty acids composition of pemmican with different ratio of beef tallow and canola oil (CA)

Traits (%) CON CA1 CA2 CA3 CA4 CA5
Myristic acid (C14:0) 2.26±0.03ab 2.52±0.56a 2.00±0.06abc 1.73±0.02bc 1.63±0.01c 1.48±0.02c
Palmitic acid (C16:0) 25.51±0.10a 25.84±2.27a 22.90±0.11b 21.00±0.04bc 19.85±0.03cd 18.45±0.09d
Palmitoleic acid (C16:ln7) 3.96±0.03ab 4.21±0.69a 3.47±0.06bc 3.09±0.01cd 2.91±0.00cd 2.68±0.02d
Stearic acid (C18:0) 12.04±0.12a 10.25±1.56b 10.59±0.18ab 10.01±0.05bc 9.22±0.02bc 8.50±0.07d
Oleic acid (C18:ln9) 52.77±0.03f 53.47±0.34e 54.69±0.09d 56.01±0.05c 56.79±0.04b 57.73±0.09a
Linoleic acid (C18:2n6) 2.42±0.00d 2.60±1.22d 4.55±0.04c 5.87±0.01b 6.91±0.00ab 8.05±0.02a
γ-Linoleic acid (C18:3n6) 0.05±0.00a 0.04±0.01ab 0.04±0.00ab 0.04±0.00b 0.04±0.00b 0.03±0.00b
Linolenic acid (C18:3n3) 0.10±0.00e 0.25±0.28e 0.84±0.03d 1.25±0.02c 1.62±0.00b 2.00±0.02a
Eicosenoic acid (C20:1n9) 0.67±0.00cd 0.64±0.07d 0.72±0.02bc 0.79±0.00ab 0.82±0.01a 0.86±0.01a
Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6) 0.23±0.00 0.19±0.05 0.21±0.00 0.21±0.00 0.21±0.00 0.21±0.00
Total 100
Saturated fatty acids (SFA) 39.81±0.01a 38.60±1.27a 35.49±0.02b 32.74±0.01c 30.70±0.02d 28.43±0.03e
Unsaturated fatty acid (UFA) 60.19±0.01e 61.40±1.27e 64.51±0.02d 67.26±0.01c 69.30±0.02b 71.57±0.03a
Monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) 57.39±0.00f 58.32±0.29e 58.87±0.05d 59.89±0.04c 60.53±0.02b 61.27±0.08a
Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) 2.80±0.01d 3.07±1.55d 5.64±0.07c 7.37±0.04b 8.77±0.00ab 10.29±0.05a
SFA/UFA 0.66 0.63 0.55 0.49 0.44 0.40
PUFA/SFA 0.07 0.08 0.16 0.23 0.29 0.36
CON, beef tallow 25%; CA1, beef tallow 22.5%+CA 2.5%; CA2, beef tallow 20%+CA 5%; CA3, beef tallow 17.5%+CA 7.5%; CA4, beef tallow 15%+CA 10%; CA5, beef tallow 12.5%+CA 12.5%.
Different letters within each row indicate significant differences determined by mean±SD (p<0.05).