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Sam buys a package of chips and notices that hydrogenated vegetable oil is one of the ingredients. This ingredient primarily:

A.makes the potato chips crunchy.
B.increases the nutritional value.
C.decreases the nutritional value.
D.acts as a preservative.

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Answer:

Acts as a preservative

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The hydrogenated vegetable oil serves as a preservative, thus, the correct option is D. Hydrogenated vegetable oil are used by food industries to prevent fat rancidity in order to give their product a longer shelf life. Hydrogenated oils are very good preservatives because all the enzymatic activities in the oil has been neutralized during the hydrogenating process. 
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