Polyunsaturated fat
polyunsaturated fatty acids, PUFA
What it is
Polyunsaturated fat is a type of fat whose fatty acids contain more than one double bond. The main families include omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
Why BOTIA flags it
A nutrition label may declare polyunsaturated fat as one combined value without showing how much is omega-3 and how much is omega-6. BOTIA keeps that declared value separate from the regulatory information and evidence used to interpret it.
BOTIA CAN
- Read the polyunsaturated fat value when it is declared on the nutrition label and preserve its unit and basis.
- Show that the value forms part of total fat rather than being added to it.
- Connect the declared value with the applicable regulatory information and documented evidence where relevant.
BOTIA CANNOT
- Determine how much of the declared value is omega-3 and how much is omega-6 unless the label provides that breakdown.
- Calculate polyunsaturated fat reliably from total fat and other declared fat values.
- Treat polyunsaturated fat as equivalent to omega-3.
- Treat an undeclared polyunsaturated fat value as zero.