Research on Functional Food
Trans Fat Fact Sheet Can trans fat in the frying soybean oil be converted to cis form? Yes, the partial hydrogenation can produce trans-fats because of the mechanism of reaction. First single hydrogen is added to the other unsaturated carbon upon attaching itself to the catalyst. Second, hydrogen will be added to the remaining carbon to produce the saturated fatty acid. The first step can be reversed when the hydrogen is reabsorbed on the catalyst and when the reforming of the double happened. The one with only a single hydrogen attached will have no double bond thus can ...
