Hydrogenation refers to a chemical process where hydrogen is added to another substance. This process is often used in food and fuel production to make things like cooking oils or gasoline more stable and resistant to spoilage. Full definition
They also eliminated the use of hydrogen, which is produced from steam - treatment of natural gas, and used an energy - conserving alcohol - based hydrogenation process instead. (sciencedaily.com)
«There are 2 predominant sources of dietary trans fatty acids (TFA) in the food supply, those formed during the industrial partial hydrogenation of vegetable oils (iTFA) and those formed by biohydrogenation in ruminants.» (nutritionfacts.org)
Trans fats are fatty acids formed through a chemical process called hydrogenation in which hydrogen is added to liquid vegetable oils to make them solid. (fitnessandpower.com)