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Both saturated and unsaturated fats are made of two pieces, the fatty acid which is an extremely long carbon chain, and glycerol, a 3 carbon chain with hydrogen and oxygen bonded on them. They both have hydrogen bonded to their fatty acids. They are also both "lipids".
What differs between the two is the amount of Hydrogen bonded onto the fatty acid. A saturated fat, like the name implies, is completely full with hydrogen bonds: there is no extra space for another hydrogen atom. An unsaturated fat has less hydrogen bonded too it because it's Carbon is connected with a double bond leaving no room for Hydrogen and making the bond stronger.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoBoth saturated and unsaturated fats have a carbon chain as their base. How the chain is linked, double and triple bonds for unsaturated and single bonds for saturated, along with the attached functional groups, make up the primary chemical differences in the two types.
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∙ 13y agothey are both types of fat
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Is wax a saturated or unsaturated fat?
Wax is a saturated fat.
Why is it important to know whether a fat is saturated or unsaturated?
It is important to know, whether fat is saturated or unsaturated. Saturated fat is bad for your health. Unsaturated fat is good for your health, provided you take it in limited quantity.
What is unsaturated fat?
Unsaturated fat means that it has not yet been saturated by carbon.
Does stilton cheese have saturated or unsaturated fat in it?
It has saturated.
Is sesame oil saturated or unsaturated fat?
saturated
Are noodles saturated or unsaturated fat?
Noodles are composed mainly of starch, therefore they are not made of fat, whether saturated or unsaturated.
What are the types of fats?
Poly-unsaturated Mono-unsaturated Saturated
Is corn oil saturated or unsaturated fat?
Corn oil is mostly unsaturated. It contains about 13% saturated fatty acids.
What is saturated and unsaturated fat?
Saturated fat is usually animal fat such as fatty meat, pork, oily salmons while unsaturated fat is plant fat such as peanuts, sunflower oil,.....
What is the Recommended Daily Intake of unsaturated fats?
No RDI is stated for unsaturated fat however there is for saturated fat. (approx 20 - 25 grams saturated fat for an recommended total intake of about 70 grams of fat.) So this works out to be a ratio of about 30% saturated and 70% unsaturated. Meaning, if your total fat intake is around 70g then this would amount to 20g for saturated and 50g for unsaturated fat.
Does mayonnaise have saturated fat unsaturated fat or what type of fat?
Saturated Fat and MAYBE Trans Fat depending on the brand.
Is saturated fat a trans fat?
No. Trans fats are unsaturated.
