Digestibility and absorption of hydrogenated blended fats.

Studies with fat blends containing vanaspati
and hydrogenated groundnut oil melting at
41°, 45° and 50°C. have been carried out with
a view to determining the influence of the hard
fat portion in the blend on the digestibility and
particulate absorption. Chylomicrographic
observations indicate that in spite of insignificant
differences in the digestibility, the trend
of absorption of the fat is considerably effected
in blends where a high proportion (15-25 per
cent) of harder fat is incorporated.