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The LanguaL 2017™ Thesaurus - Systematic Display

	Updated 2018-06-12

FTC

C0190

Descriptor

FAT OR OIL

Synonym(s)

oil or fat

Scope note

Description


Food substance or component consisting predominantly of mixed glycerol esters of fatty acids and, in far lesser amounts, of fatty acids, sterols and pigments. A fat is a solid at room temperature, an oil is a liquid at room temperature (20 degrees C.). Excludes essential oils.

A. PRODUCT TYPE

C. PART OF PLANT OR ANIMAL

EXTRACT, CONCENTRATE OR ISOLATE OF PLANT OR ANIMAL

CARBOHYDRATE OR RELATED COMPOUND

ESSENTIAL OIL, OLEORESIN OR OTHER FLAVORING SUBSTANCE

MULTICOMPONENT EXTRACT, CONCENTRATE OR ISOLATE

PROTEIN EXTRACT, CONCENTRATE OR ISOLATE

PART OF ALGAE OR FUNGUS

PART OF PLANT OR ANIMAL NOT APPLICABLE

PART OF PLANT OR ANIMAL NOT KNOWN

E. PHYSICAL STATE, SHAPE OR FORM

F. EXTENT OF HEAT TREATMENT

G. COOKING METHOD

H. TREATMENT APPLIED

J. PRESERVATION METHOD

K. PACKING MEDIUM

NO PACKING MEDIUM USED

PACKED IN EDIBLE MEDIUM

PACKED IN GAS OTHER THAN AIR

PACKED WITH AEROSOL PROPELLANT

PACKING MEDIUM NOT KNOWN

PACKING MEDIUM, OTHER

M. CONTAINER OR WRAPPING

N. FOOD CONTACT SURFACE

P. CONSUMER GROUP/DIETARY USE/LABEL CLAIM

R. GEOGRAPHIC PLACES AND REGIONS

CONTINENTS, REGIONS AND COUNTRIES

GEOGRAPHIC PLACE OR REGION NOT KNOWN

GEOPOLITICAL DESIGNATION

Z. ADJUNCT CHARACTERISTICS OF FOOD

News

First Albanian food composition tables (2022).

2023-07-01
First Albanian food composition tables (2022) published with assistance from NPPC-VÚP in the frame of the Slovak Republic Official Development Support Programme.
Download here.

Swedish food composition database updated.

2023-06-13
New version of the Swedish food composition database with updated nutritional values for several food groups and new foods and iodine values added. See the Swedish Food Agency's website.

First edition of the Kyrgyz Food Composition Table.

2022-10-04
Kyrgyzstan has released their first national food composition table. For more information, see the EuroFIR website.

2021 Release of the New Zealand Food Composition Database.

2022-10-04
The 2021 update of New Zealand food composition database (NZFCD) released online on 31st March 2022. For more information, see the EuroFIR website.