Fatty acid and cholesterol composition of the lard of different genotypes of swine

Abstract

The authors determined the fatty acid composition and the cholesterol content of lard of Mangalica, Hungarian large white x Hungarian landrace, and Mangalica x Duroc swain. It was established that there are no significant differences among genotypes neither in saturated-, unsaturated- and essential fatty acid content nor cholesterol content of lard. According to their investigations the cholesterol content of the three different swine genotypes was between 71-109 mg/100g. They emphasise the very high concentration of oleic acid (43.6-44.8 relative%), and linoleic acid (10.6-11.5 relative%) content of lard.