Vegetable shortening

About

Vegetable shortening is a solid or semi-solid plasticised fat made from vegetable oils, used in baking to shorten gluten strands and give pastry and dough a tender crumb. United States labels usually declare its make-up in a bracket after the name: on Pillsbury Grands! cinnamon rolls it is "Vegetable Shortening (soybean oil, hydrogenated palm oil, fractionated palm oil, water, mono and diglycerides, TBHQ and citric acid [preservatives], beta carotene [for color])", which shows the pattern - a liquid oil, hardened and fractionated palm fats to set the consistency, an emulsifier, antioxidants to keep it from going rancid and a colour to make it look like butter.^[1]

Products (1)

ProductCategoryBarcode

Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon Rolls with Original Icing 17.5 oz Pillsbury · 496 g Baking/Cooking Supplies (Perishable) 018000001590

Relations

• Contains Fractionated palm oil^[1] printed
  As the bracket is spelled out on Pillsbury Grands! rolls
• Contains Hydrogenated palm oil^[1] printed
  As the bracket is spelled out on Pillsbury Grands! rolls
• Contains Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids^[1] printed
  As the bracket is spelled out on Pillsbury Grands! rolls
• Contains Soybean oil^[1] printed
  As the bracket is spelled out on Pillsbury Grands! rolls

References

1. ↑ Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon Rolls with Original Icing (5 count) General Mills. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-17. Product Description, Prep Instructions, Ingredients, Product Allergens, Nutrition Facts.