vegetable fats
Non-animal cooking oils
Vegetable fats are fats derived from plants rather than animals—extracted from seeds, nuts, or fruits.
Common sources include coconut, palm, olive, and soybean.
Unlike most animal fats, many vegetable fats are liquid at room temperature and called oils, though some like coconut oil solidify when cool.
The recipe calls for vegetable fat instead of butter.
- seed oilsFats pressed from kernels
- coconut oilFat from palm fruit
- canola oilPressed seed cooking fat
- margarineVegetable oil spread
- palm oilTropical fruit-derived cooking fat
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