All Margarine, Shortening and Processed Fats

Gathers the manufactured fats that are made by blending, hardening or fractionating oils for baking, spreading and nutrition. It includes margarine, vegetable shortening and MCT oil. The group does not cover natural oils, plant butters or animal fats, which are placed in their own groups. Within the Fats and Oils subcategory it sits beside the groups Seed Oils, Tree Nut, Fruit and Palm Oils, Plant Butters, Coconut Products, Animal Fats, Fish and Marine Oils, and each entry is placed in the one group whose description fits it best.