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Glyceride vs Olestra - What's the difference?

glyceride | olestra |

As nouns the difference between glyceride and olestra

is that glyceride is while olestra is 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.

glyceride

English

(wikipedia glyceride)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) An ester of glycerol and one or more fatty acid; they are the major constituents of lipids.

    • Derived terms

    *monoglyceride *diglyceride *triglyceride

    See also

    *glycerolipid *phospholipid

    olestra

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia olestra)
  • 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.