WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Two Purdue University researchers have developed a hydrogenation process that could solidify soybean oil for food processing without creating trans fats, which have been linked ...

With the June 18 deadline to drop partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) fast approaching, most food manufacturers have found alternatives, from palm oil, to liquid oils blended with palm fractions. But R ...

KANSAS CITY — Eighteen years ago, Columbus Vegetable Oils, Des Plaines, Ill., offered about 12 shortening products and about all of them contained partially hydrogenated oils, said Rick Cummisford, ...

One use of hydrogenated oil is to preserve the shelf life of food. Products that contain hydrogenated oils are often highly processed with added sugar and salt. Hydrogenated oil comes in two forms: ...