An update to the fatty acid profiles of bovine retail milk in the United Kingdom: implications for nutrition in different age and gender groups

Stergiadis, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7293-182X, Berlitz, C. B., Hunt, B., Garg, S., Givens, D. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6754-6935 and Kliem, K. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0058-8225 (2019) An update to the fatty acid profiles of bovine retail milk in the United Kingdom: implications for nutrition in different age and gender groups. Food Chemistry, 276. pp. 218-230. ISSN 0308-8146 doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.09.165

Abstract/Summary

This study investigated the effect of UK dairy production system, month, and their interaction, on retail milk fatty acid (FA) profile throughout the year. Milk samples (n=120) from four conventional (CON), four organic (ORG) and two free-range (FR) brands were collected monthly. ORG milk had more nutritionally-desirable polyunsaturated FA, including rumenic acid and the omega-3 PUFA α-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic and docosapentaenoic acids, and less of the nutritionally-undesirable palmitic acid. Milk FA profile was similar between FR and CON, but FR milk had less SFA and/or palmitic acid, and/or greater α-linolenic and rumenic acids in certain months within the peak-grazing season. According to the measured milk FA profiles and UK milk fat intakes, milk and dairy products contribute around one-third of the maximum recommended saturated FA intake. A small increased intake of beneficial PUFA may be expected by consuming ORG milk but human health implications from such differences are unknown.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/79463
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.09.165
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Animal Sciences > Animal, Dairy and Food Chain Sciences (ADFCS)- DO NOT USE
Publisher	Elsevier
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