What are the two types of fats?
liquid and solid
thick and thin
full and empty
saturated and unsaturated
Fats may be either saturated or unsaturated. A saturated fat is a fat that consists of triglycerides whose carbon chains consist entirely of carbon-carbon single bonds. Therefore, the carbon chains are saturated with the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible. An unsaturated fat is a fat that consists of triglycerides whose carbon chains contain one or more carbon-carbon double bonds . A fat with one double bond is called monounsaturated, while a fat with multiple double bonds is called polyunsaturated (see Figure below ).