Hydrogenation--Trans fats

What will be an ideal response?


-increases food shelf-life
-unsaturated fatty acids bend at double bond H's on same side = cis
-hydrogenation rotates so H's on opposite side of double bond = trans
-trans fatty acids have properties of saturated fats. No longer considered safe in foods

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