foods Article Assessing the Fatty Acid, Carotenoid, and Tocopherol Compositions of Seeds from Apple Cultivars (Malus domestica Borkh.) Grown in Norway Milica Fotiri´cAkši´c 1, Kristina Lazarevi´c 2, Sandra Šegan 3 , Maja Nati´c 4 , Tomislav Tosti 4 , Ivanka Ciri´c´ 5 and Mekjell Meland 6,* 1 Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia;
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[email protected] Abstract: Apple production generates large amounts of apple pomace including seeds, leading to high transportation costs, public health hazards and undesirable odor. A new reuse strategy of this kind of waste could solve environmental issues and/or create unconventional sources of health Citation: Akši´c,M.F.; Lazarevi´c,K.; beneficial products. In total, seeds from 75 apple cultivars grown in Norway (both domestic and Šegan, S.; Nati´c,M.; Tosti, T.; Ciri´c,I.;´ international) have been analyzed for the first time for oil content and fatty acid profile together with Meland, M. Assessing the Fatty Acid, tocopherols and carotenoids quantification in defatted seeds. Seeds from cultivar Håkonseple had Carotenoid, and Tocopherol the highest oil content (22.10%), with linoleic, oleic acid, and palmitic acid as the most abundant Compositions of Seeds from Apple β α Cultivars (Malus domestica Borkh.) fatty acids.