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What fats are in meat?

froshman Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/07/12	2006/12/27, 04:02 PM I was wondering because often meat only lists total fat and saturated fat. I have no idea if meat, like ground turkey for example, is comprised of unsaturated or trans fats or what.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2006/12/28, 10:29 AM The fat in meat is mostly saturated fat. Saturated fat is solid at room temp (butter, fat marbled in meat) Trans fat is a modified fat found in processed foods - not naturally occuring in meat. Unsaturated fats are mostly in plant products. Unsaturated fats are liquid at room temp (olive oil). the odd exception to the solidity typing is coconut oil and palm aoil - which are saturated but come from plants and are liquid. Packaging will usually list the fat in a product.
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2006/12/28, 11:59 AM Actually, palm oil and coconut oil are both solid at room temp. I use both to make soap--usually in the summer the coconut is softer and sometimes liquid, but in the winter it is rock hard. The palm oil is more slushy in the summer, and in the winter softer than the coconut, but still solid. Just an FYI.