Digesting Fat: Chemical Digestion

Pancreatic digestive juices are also added in the duodenum. These juices include the enzyme pancreatic lipase. Pancreatic lipase digests triglycerides, converting each into two fatty acids and a monoglyceride.

A triglyceride with a purple arrow pointing toward two fatty acids and a monoglyceride. In between is a pancreas with a pink arrow labeled Pancreatic lipase pointing to the purple arrow. — Triglycerides are converted to two fatty acids and a monoglyceride by pancreatic lipase in the duodenum.