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Chemistry in the Kitchen

Introduction

If cooking spray is just oil, then how can it have zero calories and no fat?

Cooking spray lets you apply a thinner layer of oil than you could probably achieve by pouring normal liquid vegetable oil out of a bottle. The FDA states that any food substance with less than five calories and less than 0.5 g of fat per serving can be labeled calorie-free and fat-free, respectively. So manufacturers of cooking spray adjust the recommended serving size to contain less than those limits. As a result, your can of spray contains hundreds of servings—go check your pantry if you don’t believe it!



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