Section 1: Food, Nutrition and Health - Chapter 1: Nutrients - 2: Fats
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- Created on: 10-06-17 12:19
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- What fat is:
- Macronutrient
- Fats are solid at room temperature
- Oils are liquid at room temperature
- Fat/oil molecules are called triglycerides - they have the same structure and same energy value
- Triglycerides:
- These are made of three fatty acids and one part glycerol
- Monounsaturated fatty acid:
- Type of fatty acid found in solid fats and liquid oils
- Saturated fatty acids:
- Found mainly in solid fats, e.g. butter, lard, suet, block vegetable fat, ghee, the fat in meat, palm oil, coconut and chocolate
- Unsaturated fatty acids:
- Fatty acids found mainly in liquid plant oils such as olive, rapeseed, sunflower and corn; and also oily fish, avocado pears, nuts, seeds and some vegetable fat…
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