Fatty acid profile of sheep milk from Rhodope gypsies breed and lyophilized synbiotic product obtained from the same milk

Aleksander Valchkov, Ljubomir Angelov, Iliana Nacheva

Abstract: A fatty acid profile of lyophilized sheep milk from Rhodope Gypsies breed, obtained from the village of Smilyan, Bulgaria (30th April 2014) is compared to the milk of the same breed, obtained from the area “Novak”, Smolyan, Bulgaria (30th June 2014) and lyophilized synbiotic product from the same milk. The animals were kept and fed on pasture with natural grass cover. The content of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) as well as the essential ω–3 and ω–6 fatty acids in sheep milk from the village of Smilyan is higher than in milk from sheep’s milk from m. “Novak”, Smolyan. By adding plant components to the composition of the synbiotic product content in it the MUFA, PUFA, ω–3 and ω–6 essential fatty acids increased significantly compared with sheep milk from the village of Smilyan.

Keywords: fatty acids; lyophilized synbiotic product; sheep milk

Date published: 2017-02-09