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    • Conversion of glyceryl tristearate formulae.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 5 September 2011 Size: 180 KB Referencing Hub media

    To absorb the energy from components within saturated animal fat, glyceryl tristearate, the human body needs to undergo a chemical digestion process to break the bonds holding the molecular ‘building blocks’ within the food together.

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