Sam buys a package of chips and notices that hydrogenated vegetables oil is one of the ingredients. This ingredient primarily:

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Soren Bender

19 February, 20:38

Sam buys a package of chips and notices that hydrogenated vegetables oil is one of the ingredients. This ingredient primarily:

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Frank Key · Answer 1

Hydrogenated vegetable oil is a preservative, thus, the correct option is D. Hydrogenated vegetable oil are used by food industries to prevent fat rancidity in order to give their product a longer shelf life. Hydrogenated oils are very good preservatives because all the enzymatic activities in the oil has been neutralized during the hydrogenating process.