Pourable shortenings

Standard liquid shortening sold in the market contains lightly hydrogenated soybean or canola oil. These contain approximately 20-30% trans-fats. Substitution of this lightly hydrogenated oil with one of the oils listed in Table 6 would produce trans-fxee pourable shortening. 

Drum-packaged pourable shortenings may be emptied upright with a hand-operated pump or emptied by gravity through a spigot with the drum placed horizontally on a rack. Similarly, totes may be pumped or emptied by gravity from a valve and hose connection. 

Liquid opaque shortenings are distinguished from liquid oils by composition and appearance. Both are pourable, but liquid oils are clear while liquid shortenings are opaque due to their suspended solids. The suspended sohds may be hard fats, emulsihers, or a combination of the two depending on the intended use, i.e., frying, bread, cake, or nondairy products. Simply described, liquid shortenings are flow-able suspensions of solid fat and/or emulsifiers in liquid oil. 

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