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Medium-chain Triglycerides

Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) are fats built from fatty acids with 6 to 12 carbon atoms. They occur in coconut and palm kernel oil, and MCT oil is made from them.

Also listed as MCTs, MCT oil, medium-chain fatty acids

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Is coconut oil equivalent?

Coconut oil contains both medium- and long-chain fats. It is not interchangeable with purified MCT oil in clinical nutrition. 1

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