Table 7. Some commonly used oil sources and their fatty acid profiles (% of sum of fatty acids)
Fatty acid Menhaden Herring Mackerel Capelin Salmon Sardine Anchovy Palm Rape Soya Olive Linseed Camelina
 14:00 12.6 6.4     5.7 7.6              
 16:00 21.8 14.8 15.9 8.8 13.5 16.2 19.5 61 5 11 14 7 5.9
 18:00 2.9 1.2     3 3.5   5 2 4 3 5 2.2
Saturates 37.3 22.4 15.9 8.8 22.2 27.3 19.5 66 7 15 17 12 8.1
16:1n-7 14.5 7.2 9.1 16.3 4.9 9.2 9.1 tr tr tr 2 tr  
18:1n-9 16.8 12.3 8.6 4.4 16.8 11.4 12.9 26 60 22 69 18 10.2
20:1n-9 1.9 15.8 11.9 17.5 9.8 3.2 2.7           15.5
22:1n-11 0.6 22.6 13.9 19.6 12.9 3.6 1.7            
Monoenes 33.8 57.9 43.5 57.8 44.4 27.4 26.4 26 60 22 71 18 25.7
18:2n-6 1.3 0.8 1.3 0.8 1.5 1.3 0.9 7 21 54 12 17 17.8
18:3n-3         1.1       10 8 1 54 38.7
18:4n-3 2.9 0.9 2.5 1.4 1 2 1.8            
20:5n-3 (EPA) 13 2.9 7.6 9.4 9.8 16.9 18.2            
22:6n-3 (DHA) 8.2 2.7 7.7 2.7 10.4 12.9 10.9            
EPA + DHA 21.2 5.6 15.3 12.1 13.2 29.8 29.1            
EPA = eicasopentanoic acid, 20:5 n-3; DHA= docosahexanoic acid, 22:6 n-3