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Coconut oil is a triglyceride containing 86.5% saturated fatty acids, 5.8% monounsaturated fatty acids, and 1.8% polyunsaturated fatty acids. Of its saturated fatty acids, coconut oil is primarily 44.6% lauric acid,
16.8% myristic acid and 8.2% palmitic acid, though it contains seven different saturated fatty acids in total.
Its only monounsaturated fatty acid is oleic acid while its only polyunsaturated fatty acid is linoleic acid.
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