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carboxylic acids

• In carboxylic acid: Unsaturated aliphatic acids

  Liquid fats (often called oils), obtained mainly from plant or fish sources, have a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acids. An exception is coconut oil, which, though obtained from a plant, has only a low percentage of unsaturated acids. The liquidity in this case is…

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classification of fats

• In fat: Physical and chemical properties

  Liquid fats (i.e., vegetable and marine oils) have the highest degree of unsaturation, while solid fats (vegetable and animal fats) are highly saturated. Solid vegetable fats melting between 20 and 35 °C (68 and 95 °F) are found mainly in the kernels and seeds of…

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food processing

• In fat and oil processing

  …divided into two distinct classes: liquid oils, such as olive oil, peanut oil, soybean oil, or sunflower oil; and plastic fats, such as lard, shortening, butter, and margarine. The physical nature of the fatty material is unimportant for some uses, but the consistency is a matter of consequence for other…

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occurrence in fish

• In fish processing: Fat

  …fat in fish is mostly liquid (i.e., fish oil), because it contains a relatively low percentage of saturated fatty acids. Fish belong in a special nutritional class because they contain the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids—eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)—which have been shown to protect against several diseases, including…

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