Not exact matches
Hydrogenation is a process that changes the structure of a fat to
increase shelf life and stability of foods containing those fats or oils.
This success has seen capital ploughed back into the business with investment in a new powder handling facility, new distillation facilities, an
increase in
hydrogenation capacity and safety system improvements.
While
increasing the pressure of the hydrogen gas accelerated the
hydrogenation process, the research found that the process will work with high - capacity industrial milling operations with minimal modifications.
Fatty acids containing carbon - carbon double bonds (monounsaturated, such as the main ones in olive oil, or polyunsaturated) do produce small quantities of trans fatty acids when heated strongly, but it's in very small amounts (here, here, here, here) The process that really
increases the trans fatty acid concentration is partial
hydrogenation, an industrial process that's used to raise the melting temperature of polyunsaturated oils.
Hydrogenation: Makes fats & oils more solid and enables higher heating temperatures which
increases shelf life.