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Properties of animal depot fat in relation to dietary fat
Author(s) -
Dahl Olle,
Persson KaiÅke
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740160806
Subject(s) - depot , dietary fat , iodine value , food science , animal fat , chemistry , zoology , biology , history , archaeology
The quality of the depot fat in ruminants is only slightly affected by the dietary fat. Non‐ruminants like pigs, however, deposit ingested unsaturated fatty acids selectively. This may give rise to a depot fat with a higher iodine value than the dietary fat.