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 ...

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 ...

Dow Chemical and DuPont are launching new seeds that promise oilseed crops with improved fatty acid profiles. The companies say the resulting vegetable oils will benefit both food makers and public ...

Both oleic acid and elaidic acid are 18-carbon fatty acids with a single double bond. However, oleic acid has a cis double bond (hydrogen atoms are on the same side of the bond), which causes a bend ...

As widely expected, the FDA has finalized plans to revoke the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in a bid to eradicate artificial trans fats from the US ...