How many grades of Citi shortening are there?

Citi shortening has F grade and S grade, and each grade contains different things and technologies. Generally speaking, the first-class quality is better and the price is more expensive.

Shortened oil has plasticity, emulsification and other processing characteristics, and is generally not suitable for direct consumption, but is used to process cakes, bread or fried foods, so it must have good processing characteristics. Shortened oils have different properties and production processes.

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There are two kinds of raw oil for shortening: soybean oil, cottonseed oil, rapeseed oil, coconut oil, palm oil, rice bran oil and other vegetable oils and their hydrogenated oils;

Animal fats and oils, such as lard, tallow, fish oil and hydrogenated oil. Palm oil itself contains no cholesterol and trans fatty acids. For shortening, pastry margarine and Indian margarine, it is a good natural raw material to directly use solid palm stearin. Oils and fats are well refined, and hydrogenated oil must be selectively hydrogenated oil.

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