Fractionated Fat
Decode Label flags Fractionated Fat as a low concern in food and drink (cardiovascular). It appears in 24 of the 893 published products we have analysed (2.7%).
The concern
Industrially modified fat — the label does not say which fraction, or from which oil
Fractionation splits a fat into parts by melting point: a solid "stearin" fraction and a liquid "olein" one. It creates no trans fat. But the two fractions differ sharply — stearin is MORE saturated than the oil it came from, olein less — so an unqualified "fractionated fat" leaves both the source oil and the fraction undeclared, and with them the saturated-fat profile. In Indian packaged food it is most often palm-derived. Where the nutrition panel states saturated fat, that measured figure is the reliable number, not the ingredient name.
Most relevant to
Cited authority
FSSAI Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards) Regulations — fats and oils; WHO saturated fat intake guideline (2023)
Linked sources: WHO →
How common it is in this catalogue
Measured across every product Decode Label has analysed — not estimated, and not taken from anyone else's dataset.
By category
Hazard classification
The solid ('stearin') fraction produced by fractionation is more saturated than the source oil; the guideline's saturated-fat ceiling applies to whichever fraction is used, which the ingredient name alone does not disclose.
Identity
- Canonical name
- Fractionated Fat
Also appears on labels as
Questions
Is Fractionated Fat safe?
WHO: WHO Guideline: Saturated/trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children (2023) — SFA under 10% of energy. Why it is flagged: Industrially modified fat — the label does not say which fraction, or from which oil. Decode Label treats it as a low concern in food and drink. It appears in 24 of the 893 published products we have analysed (2.7%).
How common is Fractionated Fat in Indian packaged products?
Decode Label found Fractionated Fat in 24 of 893 published products (2.7%), most often in Food.
Which authorities have classified Fractionated Fat?
WHO — WHO Guideline: Saturated/trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children (2023) — SFA under 10% of energy.
Who should be most careful with Fractionated Fat?
People with heart conditions; People managing cholesterol; Anyone eating this regularly.
Products containing Fractionated Fat
24 published products, each with its own full analysis.
Related ingredients
Other entries in the register with the same kind of concern.
Method and limits
- Prevalence counts published products whose decoded ingredient list matches this substance or one of its label synonyms, using the same matching the score itself uses. It describes our catalogue of 893 products, not the Indian market as a whole.
- Presence is not dose. An ingredient list gives order, not quantity, unless the pack declares a percentage. Nothing here estimates how much of this substance any product contains.
- A classification is not a verdict on a product. An agency classifies a substance under defined conditions of exposure; whether that matters in a given food or cosmetic depends on route, concentration and use.
- No regulatory rows. This substance is not matched in our regulatory warehouse, so the concern above rests on the cited authority alone.
- Last updated. This register entry was last changed on 28 September 2026.
- Corrections. Every figure here is reproducible from the sources named. If something is wrong, tell us and we will correct it and say what changed.