PERSONAL CARE

COMPOSITION
OF NATURAL
FATS & OILS
Table 11 / composition of natural fats & oils
Saturated Acids
Caproic Caprylic Capric Lauric Myristic Palmitic Stearic Arachidic Behenic
Lignoceric
Myristoleic
Palmitoleic
C6 C8 C10 C12 C14 C16 C18 C20 C22 C24 C14:1 C16:1
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Coconut oil 0 1 5 9 5 10 44 53 13 19 8 11 1 3 T T 0 1
Palmkernel oil 0 0.5 2 5 2 4 45 56 13 18 6 12 1 3 0 1 0 1
Palm oil 0.5 2 43 48 4 6 1 0.5 2
Cottonseed oil 0.5 2 20 23 1 3 0 0 2
Olive oil 0 1 7 16 1 3
Groundnut oil 0 1 6 12 3 6 2 1 3 1 2 1 2
Rapeseed oil low erucic T T 3 6 1 3 0 T T T T
high erucic T T 0 5 1 3 0 0 2 T T
Corn oil 0.5 1.5 8 12 2 5
Soybean oil 7 11 2 7 0
Sunflower oil 3 6 2 5 0.5 0.5 1
Grapeseed oil 0 0.5 0 1.5 6 8 3 4
Safflower oil 6 8 3 4
Linseed oil 4 7 2 5 0
Castor oil 1 2 1 2
Tall oil 0 3
Tallow 1 6 20 30 12 19 T T 2 6
Lard 1 4 25 30 10 18 T T 0 1 0 4
Fish oil 4 10 10 15 1 3 10 14