fat
Let an agent explain fats as foods and their kinds, support cooking and food uses, relay nutrition and labelling guidance from health bodies, and describe production and history.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain fats as foods and their kinds, support cooking and food uses, relay nutrition and labelling guidance from health bodies, and describe production and history.
A category of foods and food ingredients consisting mainly of lipids, including animal fats such as lard, suet, fatback, lardons and butterfat, vegetable fats and hydrogenated fats, and fat substitutes, used for cooking, flavour, texture and preservation; dietary fats are classed by saturation and source, are essential in the diet in appropriate amounts, and are the subject of nutrition guidance and food labelling rules.
What it is for: Lipid-based foods and ingredients.
It can be explain kinds of fat; support cooking uses; relay nutrition guidance; describe production and history.
Distinguishing features
Lipid composition
Saturation classes
Culinary roles
Nutrition guidance
What it looks like
Solid or liquid greasy substances such as lard, butter and oils.
How it is recognised
Mainly lipids
Animal or vegetable
Oils are liquid fats; body fat is adipose tissue
Related models
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is related to - fat in charcuterie
is related to - cholesterol as a lipid
In practice
Families and kinds
animal fats such as lard, suet and fatback
dairy fats such as butterfat
vegetable fats and hydrogenated fats
fat substitutes
fats by saturation
Standards and regulation
Food labelling rules on fat content
Trans fat regulations
Dietary guidelines from health bodies
Failure modes and hazards
Excess saturated and trans fat intake
Rancidity
Confusing dietary fat with body fat
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.fat
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What fats are.
Definitions.
Kinds
Kinds and composition.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What kinds of dietary fats exist, and how do saturated, unsaturated, trans and hydrogenated fats differ chemically? definition
- Is dietary fat or body fat meant? boundary
Products
Fat products.
Products
Products.
- What are lard, suet, fatback, lardons, butterfat and fat substitutes, and how are they used? definition
- Which entry fits a specific product? action
Cook Cooking with fats.
Practice.
Cooking
Culinary roles.
Cooking
Cooking.
- How do fats contribute flavour, texture and heat transfer in cooking, and which fat suits which technique? action
- Which entry fits a specific technique? action
Storage
Storage and rancidity.
Storage
Storage.
- How are fats stored to prevent rancidity, and how is rancidity recognised? provenance
- Which entry fits food preservation? action
Health Nutrition.
General information.
Nutrition
Dietary guidance.
Nutrition
Nutrition.
- What do health bodies advise about fat intake, saturated and trans fats, and which claims are contested, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the user asking for personal dietary advice, which needs a professional? boundary
Labelling
Labelling and regulation.
Labelling
Labelling.
- How are fats labelled, and how are trans fats regulated? provenance
- Which entry fits food labelling? action
Learn Production and history.
Context.
Production
Production.
Production
Production.
- How are animal and vegetable fats produced and processed? provenance
- Which entry fits food processing? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How have fats been used and viewed in cuisines and nutrition history? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each fat type be a separate entry?
- How should dietary guidelines be linked?
- How should food regulation be linked?