Explore the fascinating chemistry behind one of the most powerful compounds known, nitroglycerin, starting from a surprising source: vegetable oil. This video breaks down the complete ...

Following a growing number of consumer complaints, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola pledged to remove brominated vegetable oil (BVO) from soft drinks in 2013 and 2014, and by mid-2020 it was no longer listed ...

Vegetable oil-modified hyperbranched polyster was developed and used as a matrix for the preparation of nanocomposites with 0–5 wt% organically modified montmorillonite by ex situ technique ...

Cooking with vegetable oil releases toxic chemicals linked to cancer and even the degeneration of the brain, according to experts. Lard, butter, coconut and olive oil are all better dietary ...

At the Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP in Leuna, the pilot plant-scale production of epoxides, made from domestic vegetable oils, begins in October.

Chemistry is complicated; that includes ingredients in artificially flavored fizzy drinks. Soda makers bowed to pressure to drop brominated vegetable oil, but its safety hasn't been very well studied.

Cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other diseases, according to leading scientists, who are now recommending food be fried in olive oil, coconut oil, butter ...

Martin Grootveld, a professor of bioanalytical chemistry and chemical pathology, said that his research showed “a typical meal of fish and chips”, fried in vegetable oil, contained as much as ...

The FDA has allowed the use of brominated vegetable oil with regulations in some sodas. But that will not continue, according to a new statement.