Abstract
The goal of this study was to examine the FA composition of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon (AS) and rainbow trout (RT). FA profiles were obtained by GC/FID. Results showed that lipid and n−3 highly unsaturated FA contents of farmed and wild AS were similar. Total n−3 and n−6 PUFA were significantly higher in farmed AS than in wild AS. Farmed RT contained more fat and less n−3 PUFA than wild RT. Our results show that farmed salmonids provide high levels of n−3 HUFA to consumers.
Abbreviations
- AS:
-
Atlantic salmon
- CIRSA:
-
Centre interuniversitaire de Recherche sur le Saumon Atlantique
- CHD:
-
coronary heart disease
- FAPAQ:
-
Ministère des Ressources Naturelles, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec
- HUFA:
-
highly unsaturated FA
- MAPAQ:
-
Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec
- MUFA:
-
monounsaturated FA
- RT:
-
rainbow trout
- SFA:
-
saturated FA
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Blanchet, C., Lucas, M., Julien, P. et al. Fatty acid composition of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Lipids 40, 529–531 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-005-1414-0
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