UFS Soya Liquid Shortening from United Foods Solutions in a 20 litre jerry can, made with palm oil and its fractions and soyabean oil, for deep frying.
United FS Soy Shortening Oil for Frying comes in a yellow jerry can with a moulded handle and a green screw cap. The white label carries the United Foods Solutions logo, a hand holding a tray of food, with the name in English and Arabic, and a dark band reading UFS Soya Liquid Shortening. It lists palm oil and its fractions and soyabean oil, gives a net content of 20 Ltr with a green 100% Veg mark, and asks for storage in a cool, dry place between 15 and 25 °C, away from direct sunlight. The nutrition panel is based on a 14 g serving. As general background, soybean oil is a vegetable oil extracted from soybean legumes and is one of the most widely consumed cooking oils. Commonly, kitchens use liquid shortening in deep fryers for fries, chicken, fish and snacks, filter it after service, top it up with fresh oil and change it when it darkens or foams.