Not exact matches
A solid fat made
from vegetable oils, such as soybean and cottonseed oil, which have been hydrogenated to
create a solid.
That process of hydrogenating
vegetable oils, primarily
oils derived
from soy and corn, two highly subsidized crops in the U.S. which have only been in the food chain post WWII due to expeller - pressed technology,
creates toxic trans - fats which have now been shown to be very unhealthy and linked to many diseases.
Biodiesel has been
created from a variety of agricultural products including rapeseed and soybean
oils, waste
vegetable oil, switch grass, and animal fats.
Transfats are only found in animals but modern science
created them by hydrogenating plant
oils as well, so also stay away
from HYDROGENATED
vegetable oils.
Trans fats are artificially
created through a process called hydrogenation, which uses hydrogen, pressure and heat to change the chemical structure of
vegetable oils from liquid to semi-solid.
Hydrogenated fats are
vegetable oils that are liquid at room temperature but are bombarded with hydrogen particles (hence the term «hydrogenated») changing the chemical composition
from unsaturated to saturated fats that
create a solid butter - like texture at room temperature.