1. A fatty acid that has been produced by hydrogenating an unsaturated fatty acid (and so changing its shape); found in processed foods such as margarine and fried foods and puddings and commercially baked goods and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils
   "Many countries have banned or restricted the use of trans fatty acids due to their negative health effects";
   - trans fat

Derived forms: trans fatty acids

Type of: fatty acid

Part of: margarine, marge [Brit, informal], oleo [N. Amer], oleomargarine [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Trans fatty acid