The Skinny on Fats:
Extracted, Pressed, Hydrogenated, Trans
What Does it All Mean?
We’re finally back to continuing our series on FAT. Today I’d like to go over several modern methods of processing fat. (If you need to catch up, see here and here.)
Heat and Chemical Extraction
Extraction is used to remove (or extract) naturally occurring fats from fruits, nuts and seeds. Traditionally these fats were pressed from their sources by slow stone presses. But today, the name of the game is speed (and money, as in getting every last drop) and so big factories do it a bit differently…
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