Re: Hydrogenated Lard

This is a good and interesting question.

I found a brand of lard imported from Mexico, that shows the ingredients as:
"vegetable and animal fats" However, I had a bad feeling that it was the
same hydrogenated stuff with improper labeling. The brand is: INCA by
Anderson Clayton

I've read the posts claiming that fully hydrogenated oils should not have
trans fats, but it still strikes me as un-natural, and I guess it might
still have the trace amounts of the nickel catalyst.

May I suggest frying some bacon and saving the bacon grease in the freezer
to use as lard....

"Rick" <rickgregoryr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1117224279.858507.74330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have been looking for some information about lard and I noticed there
> was a discussion about lard and hydrogenated lard on this board about a
> year back.
>
> The only lard I can find in my area is composed of "lard and
> hydrogenated lard". Does anyone know if that creates a trans fat?
>
> I have been trying to find the answer with no luck. I read in one
> source that lard was a "flly hydrogenated lipid" and wondered if
> hydrogenated lard was something naturally occurring or if they just
> ruined the lard by hydrogenating it.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>


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