About Vaccenic Acid
Vaccenic acid (18:1 trans-11) is the predominant natural trans fatty acid in dairy and ruminant fat and an endogenous precursor to rumenic acid (the c9,t11 CLA isomer). Unlike industrial trans fats it is not clearly harmful, but there is no clinical evidence for supplementing it. Appears on labels only as a fatty-acid-profile line. Grades low.
What Vaccenic Acid supports
- A natural ruminant fat and CLA precursor listed on fatty-acid profiles; no clinical case for supplementing it
How much Vaccenic Acid to take
The RDA prevents deficiency. The effective range is what clinical trials used to actually move the outcome.
Effective
0–0
mg
No therapeutic dose; a natural ruminant trans fat and CLA precursor, not a supplement active. Nominal range for a fatty-acid-profile disclosure.
Clinical evidence
Limited clinical evidence. Natural ruminant trans fat / CLA precursor; no supplement evidence.