Re: If a fat is a liquid at room temperature, is it saturated or unsaturated?

In general, fats that are liquid at room temperature are considered 
unsaturated.  However, there are a variety of fatty acids that make up a fat, 
some of them will be saturated, that is have no double bonds and hold all the 
hydrogen atoms possible, and some will be unsaturated, that is have at least 
one double bond and have room for additional hydrogen atoms. It is the net 
number of saturated vs unsaturated that will determine solid vs liquid. If a 
fat is liquid at room temperature, that means that there are more unsaturated 
fatty acids than saturated. 

I'm sorry that I took so long to answer this. Thanks for the question.

Jill Irvin, RD
Ohio State University