Zainorain Natasha Zainal Arifen and Mohd Razif Shahril and Suzana Shahar and Hamdan Mohamad and Siti Farrah Zaidah Mohd Yazid and Viola Michael and Tanaka Taketo and Kathy Trieu and Sakinah Harith and Nor Hayati Ibrahim and Shariza Abdul Razak and Hanapi Mat Jusoh and Chua, Hun Pin and Lee, Jau-Shya and Risyawati Mohamed Ismail and Lee, Lai Kuan and Hasnah Haron (2023) Fatty acid composition of selected street foods commonly available in Malaysia. Foods, 12. pp. 1-18.
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Abstract
Despite growing evidence of increased saturated and trans fat contents in street foods, little is known about their fatty acid (FA) compositions. This study aimed to analyse the saturated fatty acids (SFAs), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), and trans fatty acids (TFAs) content of 70 selected and most commonly available street foods in Malaysia. The street foods were categorised into main meals, snacks, and desserts. TFAs were not detected in any of the street foods. Descriptively, all three categories mainly contained SFAs, followed by MUFAs, and PUFAs. However, the one-way ANOVA testing showed that the differences between each category were insignificant (p > 0.05), and each FA was not significantly different (p > 0.05) from one to another. Nearly half of the deep-fried street foods contained medium to high SFAs content (1.7 g/100 g–24.3 g/100 g), while the MUFAs were also high (32.0–44.4%). The Chi-square test of association showed that the type of preparation methods (low or high fat) used was significantly associated (p < 0.05) with the number of SFAs. These findings provide valuable information about fat composition in local street foods for the Malaysian Food Composition Database and highlight the urgency to improve nutritional composition
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Street food, Fatty acid composition, Saturated fat, Trans fat, Preparation, Malaysia, Deep-frying, Coconut milk, Processed food |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP1-1185 Chemical technology > Food processing and manufacture T Technology > TX Home economics > TX1-1110 Home economics > TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition |
| Depositing User: | SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS - |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2024 15:00 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2024 15:00 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/42219 |
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