Margarine
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Margarine is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking. It is most often used as a substitute for butter. Although originally made from animal fats, most margarine consumed today is made from v
Margarine in a tub
Dutch margarine advertising, 1893
A 1948 advertisement for margarine with instructions for mixing the color inside a sealed bag.
Postcard of "Incorporating Salt and Working Moisture out of "Swift's Premium" Oleomargarine", undated
Fatty acid
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In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have an unbranched
Three-dimensional representations of several fatty acids. Saturated fatty acids have perfectly straight chain structure. Unsaturated ones are typically bent, unless they have a trans configuration.