Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat
Decode Label flags Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat as a moderate concern in food and drink (cardiovascular). It appears in 48 of the 893 published products we have analysed (5.4%).
The concern
Hydrogenated vegetable fat — high saturated fat source
A vegetable oil hardened by hydrogenation — including vanaspati / dalda. Labelled without "partially", it is in practice fully hydrogenated, and post-FSSAI-2021 vanaspati is reformulated to meet the 2% industrial-trans-fat cap — so it is treated as the modern, trans-FREE form rather than a trans-fat source, but it is high in saturated fat, which raises LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular risk with regular high consumption. If an oil is explicitly PARTIALLY hydrogenated it does carry industrial trans fat; either way, the product's declared trans-fat figure on the nutrition panel is the definitive check.
Most relevant to
Cited authority
WHO; FSSAI Trans Fatty Acids Regulation 2021; EFSA
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
Identity
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Questions
Is Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat safe?
The concern is cited to WHO; FSSAI Trans Fatty Acids Regulation 2021; EFSA. Why it is flagged: Hydrogenated vegetable fat — high saturated fat source. Decode Label treats it as a moderate concern in food and drink. It appears in 48 of the 893 published products we have analysed (5.4%).
How common is Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat in Indian packaged products?
Decode Label found Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat in 48 of 893 published products (5.4%), most often in Food, Baby & Kids, Beverages.
Who should be most careful with Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat?
People with heart conditions; People managing cholesterol; Anyone eating this regularly.
Products containing Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat
48 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.