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Chicken fat is fat obtained (usually as a by-product) from chicken rendering and processing. Of the many animal-sourced substances, chicken fat is noted for being high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid. Linoleic acid levels are between 17.9% and 22.8%. [1] It is a common flavoring, additive or main component of chicken soup.
Chicken can be prepared in a vast range of ways, including baking, grilling, barbecuing, frying, boiling, and roasting. Since the latter half of the 20th century, prepared chicken has become a staple of fast food. Chicken is sometimes cited as being more healthy than red meat, with lower concentrations of cholesterol and saturated fat. [4]
Macronutrients are defined as a class of chemical compounds which humans consume in relatively large quantities compared to vitamins and minerals which provide humans with energy. Fat has a food energy content of 38 kilojoules per gram (9 kilocalories per gram) proteins and carbohydrates 17 kJ/g (4 kcal/g).
Poultry meat and eggs provide nutritionally beneficial food containing protein of high quality. This is accompanied by low levels of fat which have a favourable mix of fatty acids. [70] Chicken meat contains about two to three times as much polyunsaturated fat as most types of red meat when measured by weight. [71]
Many high protein diets are high in saturated fat and restrict intake of carbohydrates. [1] Example foods in a high-protein diet include lean beef, chicken or poultry, pork, salmon and tuna, eggs, and soy. [2] High-protein diets are often utilized in the context of fat loss and muscle building.
Food Saturated Mono-unsaturated Poly-unsaturated As weight percent (%) of total fat; Cooking oils; Algal oil [1]: 4: 92: 4 Canola [2]: 8: 64: 28 Coconut oil: 87: 13: 0 Corn oil
Many animal fats and oils are consumed directly, or indirectly as ingredients in food. Animal fats are commonly consumed as part of a western diet in their semi-solid form as either milk , butter , lard , schmaltz , and dripping or more commonly as filler in factory-produced meat, and fast-food products. [ 11 ]
A third class dietary material, fiber (i.e. non-digestible material such as cellulose), seems also to be required, for both mechanical and biochemical reasons, though the exact reasons remain unclear. Molecules of carbohydrates and fats consist of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.