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"You are amazing, this has saved me so much time when grocery shopping!"
— Austin, a user who reached out with feedback
"It's been a great tool since starting my journey! You take a pic of the nutrition/ingredients, and it'll warn you of anything questionable or not vegan. 😁"
— Ashe, a Vegan For Beginners Facebook Group member
"Use a vegan app when you go shopping, I use WhatsVegan."
— Dóra, a Vegan For Beginners Facebook Group member
So, what is aceite vegetal hidrogenado?
"Aceite vegetal hidrogenado" is a Spanish label term that translates to "hydrogenated vegetable oil" in English. It is produced by treating liquid plant-based oils, such as soybean, palm, sunflower, canola, or cottonseed oil, with hydrogen gas in the presence of a metal catalyst. This industrial hydrogenation process chemically alters the unsaturated fatty acids within the oil, converting liquid fats into solid or semi-solid fats with a higher melting point and an extended shelf life.
Food manufacturers frequently add hydrogenated vegetable oil to processed items to improve product stability and texture. It commonly appears on ingredient lists for commercial baked goods, packaged pastries, margarines, vegetable shortenings, fried snack foods, confectionery coatings, and non-dairy coffee creamers.
This ingredient is classified as vegan because its raw materials are entirely of botanical origin and its processing methods involve no animal inputs. The source materials are extracted exclusively from plants, and the chemical reaction involves only hydrogen gas and mineral catalysts, with no animal-derived processing aids or byproducts used at any stage of production.
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