What is shortening? The editor used to believe that shortening is used for pastries and cookies, making its texture crispy.
Later, the editor found out through research that fried chicken burgers often use shortening to cook fried foods, such as fried chicken, French fries, chicken wings, chicken chunks, and so on. Make its taste more fragrant and crispy. The butter is solid at room temperature and forms a liquid oil when heated.
Shortening oil is made from animal and vegetable fats and hydrogenated oil. It is solid at room temperature and has functions such as plasticity and emulsifying properties.
So, vegetable oils include: soybean oil, cottonseed oil, rapeseed oil, coconut oil, palm oil, and rice bran oil.
Animal fats include: lard, butter, and fish oil.
The difference between shortening and margarine
The main difference between shortening and margarine is that shortening mostly does not contain any aqueous phase and cannot be consumed directly. It is commonly used in baked goods, cheese making, or food frying.
The difference between butter and butter
The difference between butter and butter is that butter is extracted from the belly of a cow, while butter is extracted from milk,
Essentially, there is a difference between the two when extracted, as butter has relatively high nutritional value. Butter contains a lot of trans fats and should not be consumed excessively.
Does shortening contain trans fatty acids?
No, we need to distinguish the types of shortening. Shortening can be divided into plant-based shortening, animal based shortening, and animal plant mixed shortening. The first two types are relatively safe because they do not contain trans fatty acids; The latter contains trace amounts of trans fatty acids and should not be consumed for a long time.
- Animal based shortening is a type of natural animal fat, such as butter, butter, etc;
- Vegetable shortening is a type of natural vegetable oil, such as palm oil; For example, KFC’s fried chicken usually uses palm oil, and good palm oil has a higher price.
- Animal and plant mixed shortening is a type of hydrogenated vegetable oil or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (hydrogenated vegetable oil is too hard), which contains trace amounts of trans fatty acids. Its harm is based on long-term consumption.
