What does non hydrogenated mean? ?!
I'm going to make something that needs non hydrogenated shortning and non hydrogenated margerine!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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The first person is partly right, as a former chef and having been forced to use them for years, he is right in some ways, for years to solidify the fats in and for cooking in both home and restaurant foods, they mixed the based materials for the products and injected hydrogen gas into them this solidified and added air to make them more soft but preserved them to, the question you asked in the reverse of the answer I gave, today with the reduction in cholesterol and trans fat, the oils and fat are not longer treated, and they use oxygen or nothing, even chilling them and beating air in is used more!.
Products now are cooked in lower calorie fats with 80-90% of the saturated fats lowered or removed, and the cholesterol in oils like canola,soy, safflower and olive are much lower than the lard, beef tallow and others used 10-20 years ago, people are more heart smart and read labels now for there health and not for flavour as much!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Products now are cooked in lower calorie fats with 80-90% of the saturated fats lowered or removed, and the cholesterol in oils like canola,soy, safflower and olive are much lower than the lard, beef tallow and others used 10-20 years ago, people are more heart smart and read labels now for there health and not for flavour as much!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
David H is right!. Secret is flipping out about the hydrogenated stuff!. Hydrogenation, as David said, is the process of adding hydrogen to a fat!. This stabilizes it and gives it a longer shelf life!.!.!.but also adds nasty trans fat!.
When you look for your ingredients, that's what you'll be looking for: either a product that specifically states "non-hydrogenated" for the shortening/margarine, or one that does NOT list "hydrogenated" anywhere in the ingredient list!. Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
When you look for your ingredients, that's what you'll be looking for: either a product that specifically states "non-hydrogenated" for the shortening/margarine, or one that does NOT list "hydrogenated" anywhere in the ingredient list!. Good luck!Www@FoodAQ@Com
It means stay away!! You know how Cholesterol causes heart attacks!? Well, hydrogenated causes the cholesterol to cause the heart attack :)!. They alter the oil so it lasts longer but scars your arteries!. They force hydrogen gas into the oil at high pressures!.!. making the oil more solid!. There are other things that scar your arteries, like chlorine!.!. etc!. But be more worried about hydrogenated oils then cholesterol!. Www@FoodAQ@Com