THE EFFECT OF HEAT ON SOME CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF VEGETABLE OILS AND FATS

Human dietary intake comprises three macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, and lipid) and a large number of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, etc.). Good health rest, in part, on an adequate and balanced supply of these components to the human body [1 ]. Supplies and consumption of oils and fats are generally described in terms of seventeen commodity oils, four of 'which are of animal origin and the remainder of which are derived from plants. This description does not include cocoa butter and oils consumed in form of nuts [1 ].