Vegetable oils, derived from seeds, nuts, and some fruits, are commonly used in cooking and baking. While some may offer ...

A palladium-based catalyst on diatomite — a siliceous powder derived from the remains of fossilized algae — could help lower levels of unhealthy ‘trans fats’ in hydrogenated oils like those in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Two Purdue University researchers have developed a hydrogenation process that could solidify soybean oil for food processing without creating trans fats, which have been linked ...

Picture it: a kitchen cupboard filled with whole wheat crackers, sugar-free cereal, peanut butter and pretzel rods. Sound healthy? Read the labels. According to Dr. Robert Lawrence, associate dean and ...

How many products with ‘0g trans-fat’ on the label still contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, a key source of harmful artificial trans-fats? Not as many as you might think, according to a ...

In the production of margarine, millions of tons of unsaturated fatty acids are converted from vegetable oils using hydrogen. While searching for improved catalysts for these so-called hydrogenation ...

SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, Vol. 10, No. 3 (November 2017), pp. 895-903 (9 pages) Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) diesel fuels have the potential to provide a reduced carbon ...

This news release is available in German. In the production of margarine millions of tons of unsaturated fatty acids are converted from vegetable oils using hydrogen. While searching for improved ...