これは冷やして食べるものなのですか

I did some searching but nothing seemed to quite explain what I'm looking for.

I'm assuming the second の is the explanatory の, but what is ものな? Are the もの
and な separate? They feel that way to me.

Thanks.
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grammar word-choice
What is the function of ものな in this sentence?
If it had been written as:

> これは冷やして食べるものだ

would it have made sense to you?

> これは冷やして食べるものだ

means "this is something to eat cold." But generally, Japanese is pretty
explicit about how information is being conveyed in a way which is alien to
English. When giving an _explanation_ or asking for _clarification_ the
Japanese will indicate this by tacking

> のです

to the end. Here the speaker is asking for clarification, so

> のですか

is tacked onto the end.

However, "の" is a nominalizer which means before it だ needs to be changed to な

> これは冷やして食べるものだ + のですか

becomes

> これは冷やして食べるものなのですか

Which in English just translates to "Is this something something to eat cold?"
In English, the nuance of のですか is completely lost.
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