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Trans fats are a type of mostly man-made fat that the food industry loves, but our hearts and blood vessels donât. In the late 19th century, chemists discovered that they could add hydrogen atoms to unsaturated fats by bubbling hydrogen gas through vegetable oil in the presence of a nickel catalyst.
Most of the trans fat in the foods we eat is formed through a manufacturing process that adds hydrogen to vegetable oil, which converts the liquid into a solid fat at room temperature. This process is called hydrogenation.Partially hydrogenated oils are the major source of artificial trans fats in the food supply.rtificial trans fat can be found in many of the same foods as saturated fat, including: 1  Baked goods (cookies, cakes, pies, and crackers). 2  Ready-to-use frostings. 3  Snack food (such as potato chips and microwave popcorn). 4  Fried food typically found in fast food restaurants (such as French fries, fried chicken, and doughnuts).