How do they reduce fat in things like peanut butter?

Question

Is there a low fat peanut? Is there a fat removal machine that I need to step into somewhere?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

I’m also curious about this same question but for regular cooking oil. There is a product in my market that is regular vegetable oil but is marketed as having less calories. If you measure the weight of the oil versus another regular oil, the calories are the same, but per serving calories are less. The only ingredients are the oil and emulsifier. Using emulsifier to incorporate.. air into the oil for less actual oil per volume? Similar to whipped butter? It’s confusing as it looks just like normal oil.