olestra

English

Noun

olestra (countable and uncountable, plural olestras)

1. A fat substitute (a glyceride of sucrose) that cannot be easily digested and therefore adds no fat, calories, or cholesterol to food products; also used as an industrial lubricant.

Translations

A fat substitute (a glyceride of sucrose) that cannot be easily digested

• Russian: олестра (olestra)
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Anagrams

• altrose, oestral