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Vegetable fats (oils)

Vegetable fats are obtained from plants that accumulate fat in their fruits, seeds, or other parts. These fats contain, for example, oil palm kernels, coconut, oilseeds such as rape, soya, sunflower, sesame, peanut, and the like.
The vast majority of plant-derived fats have a very good fatty acid composition from a health point of view because they contain polyunsaturated fatty acids that have a more beneficial effect on our health than animal fats. Exceptions are, for example, coconut and…