Bovine milk having a high N6-polyunsaturated fatty acid content
AssigneeFrieslandCampina Nederland B.V.
InventorsRogier Daniël Van Anholt, Jeroen Margot Leon Heck
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Abstract
The present invention relates to bovine milk fat comprising, based on total fatty acid content, 8.9-29.0 wt % linoleic acid (C18:2 cis, 9,12), 0.9-2.4 wt % alpha-linolenic acid (C18:3 cis 9,12,15), and 3-5 wt % butyric acid (C4:0). The present invention further relates to a bovine milk comprising said milk fat and to a method for producing said milk by feeding a lactating bovine mammal with a rumen-protected linoleic acid source and a rumen-protected alpha-linolenic acid source, followed by milking the lactating bovine animal.
Claims13
Bovine milk fat comprising, based on a total fatty acid weight;
- a. 8.9-29.0 wt % linoleic acid (C18:2 cis, 9,12),
- b. 0.9-2.4 wt % alpha-linolenic acid (C18:3 cis 9,12,15), and
- c. 3-5 wt % butyric acid (C4:0),
- wherein a weight ratio of linoleic acid to alpha-linolenic acid is in a range of 4:1-10:1.
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