Fatty acids are organic acids with at least one carboxyl (-C(=O)OH, -COOH or -CO2H) group and a long carbon chain that can be joined by double bonds, as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds ...
This process also rearranges the molecular shape of the remaining unsaturated fats. The resulting shape is an abnormal "trans" shape. Trans fatty acids constitute up to 60 percent of the fat in ...