free fatty acid
English
editNoun
editfree fatty acid (plural free fatty acids)
- 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.