Margarine is a synthetic material that is consumed as a food. The simplified chemical reaction shown below is used in the process of producing margarine. It shows that fats from plants and hydrogen (from water) are used to make a substance called hydrogenated oil.

Question

oil compounds from plants + hydrogen → hydrogenated oil

Next, water is mixed with the hydrogenated oil and the semi-solid material margarine is the result.

Which of the following is a natural resource that is used to produce margarine?

Answer 1

The natural resource used to produce margarine is the oil compounds from plants. These oils are typically derived from various plant sources such as soybeans, canola (rapeseed), sunflower, and palm, which are all cultivated agricultural products.