Nutritional quality of proteins from major oilseeds – a review | OCL

Diversity of Plant Proteins extracted from Oil & Protein Crop / Diversité des protéines végétales issues des oléoprotéagineux

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Table 2

Lipid composition of the main oilseeds.

Oilseeds	Soybean	Peanut	Sunflower	Rapeseed
Lipid content	18–20%	45–50%	40–50%	40–45%
Omega-3 pufa Content*	1.2–2%	0–0.1%	0–0.1%	8–10%
Omega-6 pufa Content**	8–12%	15–30%	25–30%	15–30%
Sources	(Morin and Pagès-Xatart-Parès, 2012; FAO, 2003; INRA/CIRAD/AFZ, 2021)

Constituents are expressed as percent of seed wet weight.

* The values given represent the aggregate total of all omega-3 PUFA species.

** The values given represent the aggregate total of all omega-6 PUFA species.

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