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Conversion of glyceryl tristearate

Conversion of glyceryl tristearate formulae.

To absorb the energy from components within saturated animal fat, glyceryl tristearate, the human body needs to undergo a chemical digestion process to break the bonds holding the molecular ‘building blocks’ within the food together.

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