These are used:
(i) As food materials to provide energy, Actually, among food materials, fats and oils provide highest amount of energy.
(ii) Fats are useful for the absorption of vitamins A and D in the body.
(iii) In the manufacture of glycerine, soaps and candles,
(iv) in the production of long chain alcohols to be used for preparing synthetic detergents,
(v) in the preparation of vegetable ghee,
(vi) as medicines (e.g., castor oil, cod liver oils, etc.)
(vii) as lubricants, and
(viii) in the preparation of toilet soaps and other cosmetics.
