Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
PALMITIN
palmitin
(noun) an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
palmitin (plural palmitins)
(organic compound) A glyceride of palmitic acid
Source: Wiktionary
Pal"mi*tin, n. Etym: [So called because abundant in palm oil.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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