free fatty acid

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free fatty acid (plural free fatty acids)

  1. non-esterified fatty acid
    Synonym: FFA
    • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 15, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
      The smoke point depends on the initial free fatty acid content of the fat: the lower the free fatty acid content, the more stable the fat, and the higher the smoke point.