Plant Oils 2

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What do unsaturated oils contain between some of the carbon atoms in their carbon chains?
Double bonds
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How does an unsaturated oil decolourise bromine water?
As the bromine water opens up the double bond joins on
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How many C=C double bonds do monounsaturated fats contain in their carbon chains?
One
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How many C=C double bonds do polyunsaturated fats contain?
More than one
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What are unsaturated vegetable oils at room temperature?
Liquid
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How can unsaturated vegetable oils be hardened?
By reacting them with hydrogen in the presence of a nickel catalyst at about 60'C
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What is hardening unsaturated vegetable oils called?
Hydrogenation
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Do hydrogenated oils have a higher orlower melting point?
Higher melting points
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Having a higher melting point means the oil is ....... at room temperature?
Solid
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What are hydrogenated oils used for?
Spreads and for baking cakes and pastries
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What is margarine usually made from?
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil
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What is used instead of butter in processed foods, e.g. biscuits
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils
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What's good about partially hydrogenated vegetabe oils?
They are a lot cheaper than butter and they keep longer
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What does this do to biscuits?
Makes them cheaper and gives them a long shelf life
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What is a disadvantage of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils?
Means you end up thus a lot of trans fats - which are very bad for you
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Is vegetable oil saturated or unsaturated?
Unsaturated
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Is animal fat saturated or unsaturated?
Saturated
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Are saturated fats healthier or unhealthier than unsaturated fats?
Unhealthier
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Why is this?
Saturated fats increase the amount of cholesterol in the blood, which can block up the arteries and increase the risk of heart disease)
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What do natural unsaturated fats such as olive oil and sunflower oil do to the amont of blood cholesterol?
They reduce the amount of blood cholesterol
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What can eating partially hydrogenated vegetable oils do?
Increase the risk of heart disease
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How does an unsaturated oil decolourise bromine water?

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As the bromine water opens up the double bond joins on

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How many C=C double bonds do monounsaturated fats contain in their carbon chains?

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How many C=C double bonds do polyunsaturated fats contain?

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What are unsaturated vegetable oils at room temperature?

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