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|  | To describe fatty acids in FCDB uniformly component identifiers (EuroFIR) or TAG names (INFOODS) are used: Use these links to learn more: - EUROFOODS descriptors (EUROFOODS Recommendations for Food Composition Database Management and Data Interchange. J Food Comp Anal (2000) 13, 709-744) - INFOODS tagnames - Chebi: Chemical Entities of Biological Interest |  |

Finland

Denmark

Switzerland

Finally, have a look at some European FCDBs to find out what kind of information they included with respect to fats. Below you find data for ‘chocolate’ from three different databases.

Note that FCDB’s differ between countries; some include detailed information on fatty acids, others include only the major classes of fatty acids (e.g. MUFA, PUFA, SFA, unsaturated fatty acids). Which information is included depends, among others, on the purpose of the database and on the source of the data.

In the next part of this case, you will focus on total fat

determination of the biscuits.

The second part of the case will focus on the determination

of the fatty acids profile of another food product.