As the war progresses, the use of margarine rises sharply because butter is rationed.
Trans fat is the first man-made fat to join our food supply.Procter & Gamble introduces Crisco vegetable shortening in grocery stores. Crisco becomes the first of many manufactured food products containing trans fat.World War II begins, and the United States becomes involved at the end of 1941. He was a French chemist who became a Nobel laureate in 1912.Scientist Wilhelm Normann finds that liquid oils can be hydrogenated to form trans fatty acids. He patents the process.
Vegetable oils Large amounts result from “partial hydrogenation” of unsaturated fats that move the hydrogen atoms, creating a straight conformation as found in saturated fats(Ascherio, 2006)ĭevelops the hydrogenation process. Naturally in beef, lamb and dairy products as conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) (14 – 20C)saturated:(solid at room temp.)monounsaturated:(liquid at room temp.)polyunsaturated:(liquid at room temp.) TRANS FATSTrans Fatty AcidFATSTRANSFATSINĪre triacylglycerolsOne glycerol molecule bonded to three fatty acid chains
