Question

The melting point of butter fat coconut oil pump oil shortening or 35°C 25°C 24°C and 41°C respectively human internal body temperatures is 37°C. Which of the following statements is true?

If you were to eat these substances only butterfat would remain solid inside you
If you were to eat these substances only pump while would remain solid inside you
If you were to eat to substances only shortly and would remain solid inside of you
If you were to eat these substances only coconut oil would remain solid inside you

Answer 1

Melting point is the temperature at which something melts into liquid. The only melting point temperature above body temp corresponds to the shortening (41°). All other fats listed would be melted by your body heat.

Answer: Only shortening would remain solid when eaten

Answer 2

If you were to eat these substances, only coconut oil would remain solid inside you.

Butterfat, coconut oil, pump oil, and shortening all have different melting points.

Butterfat melts at 35°C, coconut oil at 25°C, pump oil at 24°C, and shortening at 41°C.

The human body temperature is 37°C. Based on this information, if you were to eat these substances, only coconut oil would remain solid inside you, since it has a melting point lower than the body temperature.

Butterfat, pump oil, and shortening would all melt inside the body.