Hmm - it has to be kept in the fridge, so maybe that means it hasn't been
hydrogenated.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Wiss" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Copha question


> Bronwyn Marshall wrote:
>
> >I just bought copha for the first time and the ingredients are
> >solidified coconut oil & soybean lecithin. I just wanted to
> >check that neither of these oils have been hydrogenated
>
> My guess is it has been. Coconut oil has a melting point of around 75-80
> degrees. If this is solid at a higher temperature I suspect hydrogenation
> is the way it got that way. Let me subscribe to and ask in the
> sci.bio.food-science newsgroup.
>
> Don.
>