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  Lauric acid is a medium-chain saturated fatty acid with 12 carbons and no double bonds. It is found in coconut, palm kernel, and other lauric oils (at levels of 44 to 53 percent of total fatty acids), the new genetically engineered laurate canola (at about 36 percent), and milk fat and butter from ruminant animals (about 3 percent). Minor amounts (less than half a percent) are found in numerous plant oils. Lauric acid has |