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Ghee is like 30% palmitic acid. I use it for cooking everything that doesn't call for oil, but people on a palm oil crusade might want to steer clear.
by avereveard 4y ago
Ghee is like 30% palmitic acid. I use it for cooking everything that doesn't call for oil, but people on a palm oil crusade might want to steer clear.
- airstrike 4y agoI recently bought ghee for the first time from Organic Valley. Looking at their website, I don't see how it's 30% palmitic acid, could you please clarify? https://www.organicvalley.coop/products/butter/ghee/clarified-butter-ghee-13-oz/ https://www.organicvalley.coop/products/butter/ghee/clarifie...
- avereveard 4y agoPalmitic acid is called like that because it was first isolated in palm oil but it's naturally occurring in animal fat and breast milk because it's naturally produced by them. Its not they are adding palm oil to butter and ghee, it's the because palmitic acid is not unique to palm oil (well some unscrupulous producer do adulterate ghee with palm oil but let's not go there yet what I'm saying apply to pure ghee) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Fatty-acid-profiles-of-ghee-olive-and-sunflower-oils_tbl1_259166046 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Fatty-acid-profiles-of-g... 16:0 is the acid you're looking for.