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A new vegetable shortening is made with palm oil whipped with nitrogen resulting in a mediumchain fatty acid with 0 transfats but are there resulting nitrites or other health problems from eating this?
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∙ 16y ago
It sounds like a creative way to solidify vegetable oil at room temperature without hydrogenation. I don't think the process itself poses any health risks, but you'd still be consuming palm oil, which contains loads of saturated fat.
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∙ 16y ago
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What is a shortening?
A shortening is a cooking fat that is solid or semisolid at room temperature. These include butter, lard, hydrogenated margarines (transfats), and hydrogenated vegetable oils (transfats).
Are there any health risk by using old shortening?
The only health risk to using "old" shortening, is the health risks you assume by using shortening at all. Shortening (usually vegetable shortening [hydrogenated oils/ transfats], lard or clarified butter) is usually processed so that it has a very long shelf life[years] and is no different at the end of the shelflife than at the beginning. Shortening lasts a very long time, as long as it doesn't get contaminated.
Is vegetable oil shortening?
No
Can vegetable oil be substituted for melted shortening?
It depends on the recipe. Shortening becomes solid at room temperature while vegetable oil does not. So vegetable oil may be substituted for melted shortening only in recipes that do not depend on shortening becoming solid for texture when cooled.
Does vegetable shortening have pig fat in it?
No.
Is copha vegetable shortening?
Yes
Can you use shortening instead of vegetable oil in zucchini bread?
Yes, melted shortening can replace vegetable oil in zucchini bread, although shortening is not a healthy choice.
What elements make up shortening?
Shortening, such as Crisco, is made from vegetable oil.
What is shortening made of?
Shortening is made from partially-hydrogenated or hydrogenated vegetable oils.
What type of triglyceride would this of substance be vegetable oil butter shortening?
Vegetable oil is unsaturated. Butter is saturated. Im not sure about shortening.
What food group is vegetable shortening in?
egg ( :
Can you fry in eggplant in vegetable shortening?
Yes
