RUMEN BYPASS CALCIUM SALTS OF TRANS AND POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS

摘要

Free-flowing unsaturated fatty acid calcium salts with a fatty acid content consisting essentially of (a) about 40 to about 95 wt % unsaturated C16-C22 fatty acids; (b) about 5 to about 60 wt % saturated C14-C22 fatty acids; and (c) no more than about 6 wt % moisture, insolubles and unsaponifiables; with no more than about 20 wt % in the form of glycerides; wherein about 40 to about 65 wt % of total product weight is of trans fatty acids and one or more fatty acids selected from C18:2 and C18:3 fatty acids and C20-C22 omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Products with about 10 to about 65 wt % of total product weight of CLA's and one or more fatty acids selected from non-conjugated C18:2 and C18:3 fatty acids and C20-C22 omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are also disclosed.