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trans fat

type of unsaturated fat that occurs in small amounts in nature, but is also produced industrially from vegetable fats for use in foods
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trans fat

Summary

trans fat is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,449 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • trans fat's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • trans fat is a type of unsaturated fat[4].
  • trans fat is part of oil hydrogenation[5].
  • trans fat is part of shortening[6].
  • trans fat's Commons category is recorded as Trans fatty acids[7].
  • trans fat is the opposite of cis fat[8].
  • trans fat's found in taxon is recorded as ruminants[9].

Why It Matters

trans fat ranks in the top 4% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,449 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Food Chemistry. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Food Chemistry. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → structural class of chemical entities
    Found in taxon → ruminants
    Opposite of → cis fat
    Part of → oil hydrogenation, shortening
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23568, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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