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Comparative evaluation of fatty acid profiles and lipid nutritional indexes in Egyptian fresh cow, buffalo, goat soft cheeses and their mixtures

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Food Chemistry

Abstract

Fresh white soft cheese is considered a prime dish in Egyptians' daily diet. However, recent inquiries focused on the relation between full-fat cheeses and heart diseases. Therefore, this study was designed to evaluate white soft cheeses manufactured from various milk species, focusing on the fatty acid profile of their lipid content and their health indicators. Results revealed that goat's milk and cow-goat mix cheeses were significantly different compared to other examined cheese samples, with higher saturated fatty acids (SFAs%) and lower mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs%) in a percentage of 73.80-75.19 and 23.04-20.92, respectively. Moreover, they are also characterized by a high proportion of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs, 9.31-10.42%), and medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs, 29.62-31.61%) but low content of long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs, 59.07-59.95%). Palmitic acid was the dominant fatty acid in all evaluated cheeses, ranging from (26.48-32.02%) followed by oleic acid (15.42–24.15%). The best values for conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), P/S (Poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)/SFAs), and n6/n3 (omega6/omega3) were obtained from buffalo's cheese. The desirable hypo-cholesterolemic fatty acids (DFAs) were higher in cheeses made from cow's, buffalo's milk, and their mixtures. This study concluded that the FA composition and lipid health indices of cheese are mainly affected by the species of milk used. In addition, buffalo cheeses sold in Egypt had superior nutritional lipid quality indices.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.206528.7879

Keywords

white soft cheese, fatty acid profile, Buffalo, Goat, cow, CLA, lipid indices

Authors

First Name

Aml

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University

Email

amal_elsyaed@cu.edu.eg

City

Giza

Orcid

https://orcid.org/00

First Name

Hamdy

Last Name

Zahran

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Fats and Oils Dept., Food Industries and Nutrition Division, National Research Centre

Email

hazahran@hotmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Awaad

MiddleName

Salah

Affiliation

Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University

Email

shimaa@cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-9394-2061

First Name

Ola

Last Name

Hegab

MiddleName

W.

Affiliation

Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University

Email

olawagih90@cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0009-0001-6775-2245

Volume

66

Article Issue

11

Related Issue

43443

Issue Date

2023-11-01

Receive Date

2023-04-17

Publish Date

2023-11-01

Page Start

415

Page End

424

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_301508.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Comparative evaluation of fatty acid profiles and lipid nutritional indexes in Egyptian fresh cow, buffalo, goat soft cheeses and their mixtures

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30 Dec 2024