Author(s):
Antunes, Irene ; Bexiga, Ricardo ; Pinto, Carlos ; Gonçalves, Helena ; Roseiro, Cristina ; Bessa, Rui ; Alves, Susana ; Quaresma, Mário
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/178987
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Project/scholarship:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/Concurso de avaliação no âmbito do Programa Plurianual de Financiamento de Unidades de I&D (2017%2F2018) - Financiamento Base/UIDB%2F00276%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/LA%2FP%2F0059%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/OE/SFRH%2FBD%2F136921%2F2018/PT;
Subject(s): cow’s milk; fatty acid profile; plant-based milk alternatives; total cholesterol; total lipids; Chemistry(all); Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
Description
Funding Information: This research was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under projects UIDB/00276/2020 (CIISA) and LA/P/0059/2020 (AL4AnimalS); Associação Nacional dos Industriais de Laticı́nios (ANIL); and Associação Portuguesa de Buiatria (APB). I.A. acknowledges Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia IP for the PhD scholarship, Grant SFRH/BD/136921/2018. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.
Some consumers are replacing cow’s milk with plant-based milk alternatives (PBMAs). The present study aimed to characterize the lipid profiles of cow’s milk (n = 60) and PBMA types (soya, oat, rice, almond, coconut, and hazelnut; n = 10 per type). Significant differences were found in the fatty acid (FA) profiles of PBMAs and milk, particularly in FA diversity (15 FAs in PBMAs vs 54 FAs in milk) and the proportion of prime FA groups. The FA profile of coconut was dominated by saturated FAs (SFA), whereas monounsaturated FAs (MUFA) or polyunsaturated FAs (PUFA) were dominant in the remaining PBMA types. Cholesterol was not detected in any PBMA type. The FA profile of milk FAs was dominated by SFA; however, different individual SFA have varying health outcomes. Additionally, milk contains some FA groups with health-promoting properties, such as methyl-branched-chain FAs (BCFA) and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), both of which are absent in PBMAs.
