From: Oil palm in the 2020s and beyond: challenges and solutions
Crop | % global supply | Principal fatty acids | ||||||
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12:0 Lauric | 14:0 Myristic | 16:0 Palmitic | 18:0 Stearic | 18:1 Oleic | 18:2 Linoleic | 18:3 α-Linolenic | ||
Oil palm (mesocarp) | 35.5 | Â | 1 | 43 | 4 | 40 | 10 | 0.3 |
Oil palm (kernel) | 4.3 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 2.5 | Â |
Soybean | 27.8 | Â | Â | 11 | 4 | 23 | 54 | 8 |
Rapeseed | 13.4 | Â | Â | 4 | 2 | 60 | 20 | 10 |
Sunflower | 10.4 | Â | Â | 7 | 5 | 19 | 68 | Â |
Peanut | 3.0 | Â | Â | 12 | 5 | 48 | 30 | Â |
Cottonseed | 2.5 | Â | 1 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 54 | 0.5 |
Coconut | 1.8 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Â |
Olive | 1.5 | Â | Â | 13 | 2 | 70 | 13 | 0.6 |