Plant oils

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  • Created by: Sam Evans
  • Created on: 22-05-14 18:36
Why are vegetable oils used as food and fuels?
They provide lots of energy
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What type of fuel is produced from vegetable oils?
Biofuel or biodiesel
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What is used to test for an unsaturated oil?
Bromine water turns from orange to colourless
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Why are some foods cooked in vegetable oils?
It cooks faster, it tastes better, it has a better colour and it gets a better texture
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Describe how to make an emulsion from cooking oil and water
By shaking or stiring vigourously or by adding an emulsifier
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Mayonnaise is made from oil, vinegar and egg yolk. What is the purpose of the egg yolk?
It is an emulsifier so it prevents the oil and the vinegar from separating
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Why are emulsions more useful the separate oil and water?
They are thicker than the two separate oil and water, they have a better texture, a nicer appearance and they have the ability to coat solids
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Why should you know what type of fats are in the food you eat?
Because saturated fats can cause health problems
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Sunflower seeds contain vegetable oil. What method could you use to separate the oil from the seeds?
By crushing the seeds, pressing the seeds, collect the liquid and separate the oil from the water
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Describe the reaction and the conditions used to hydrogenate vegetable oils
The react with hydrogen at 60 C with a nickel catalyst
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Describe how an emulsifier works
The emulsifiers hydrophillic head of the emulsifier goes into the water and the hydrophobic tail goes into the oil droplets causing the oil droplets to be dispersed throughout the water
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