Glossary · Saturated fat

Saturated fat

Saturated fat is the kind of fat whose molecules carry no double bonds, solid at room temperature, found mostly in animal fat, butter, cheese and coconut and palm oil, and listed on labels as a sub-line of fat. IZeat records total fat for every item; the saturated line is not stored, and the assistant can read it from a label when the customer asks.

Saturated fat is a subset of the fat figure and carries the same energy per gram, so it never changes a day's calories beyond what fat already counts. Labels everywhere print it, which makes it easy to read but, like sugars, it is a sub-line rather than a nutrient every food record has. IZeat keeps the four figures common to all foods and leaves sub-lines to the label.

The saturated line is a health question more than a record question, and IZeat does not give health advice: it records, it compares to a target the customer chose, and it stops there. Someone who wants to watch saturated fat can ask their assistant to read it from labels as they log; what they should do with it is between them and someone qualified.

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