saturated fat

noun

Nutrition.

1. a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood.

saturated fat

1. A fat with a triglyceride molecule containing three saturated fatty acids. All carbon atoms in the fatty acid chains of saturated fats are connected by single bonds. Most fats derived from animal sources are saturated fats. Eating foods high in saturated fats can lead to elevated cholesterol levels in the blood.

2. Compare unsaturated fat

Word History and Origins

Origin of saturated fat¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Doctors didn’t push statins, which had just become available, to control it, and she consumed lots of saturated fat.

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Ms. Belluz and Mr. Hall put forward the usual proposals—restrictions on marketing unhealthy food to children, taxes on soda, and warning labels about added sugar, salt and saturated fat.

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For years PepsiCo has gradually reduced the sodium, saturated fat and sugar content in its products.

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Then, it must have high amounts of saturated fat, sodium, or added sugar, or contain certain kinds of non-nutritive sweeteners.

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You can use both margarine and butter for cooking, but Forouhi recommends sometimes swapping them out for oil instead which has less saturated fat in.

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