Question

What is margarine? How is it obtained ?

Answer 1

Margarine is artificial butter.It can be used for cooking and baking purposes same as butter.The main ingredients of margarine are vegetable oil such as soya bean oil.

It is made by hydrogenation of vegetable oil. The hydrogenation process includes addition of hydrogen to the unsaturated fatty acids in vegetable oil using H2/Ni and the process is carried out at high pressure and temperature conditions.