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Interesterified Oil: Why you should watch out for this trans fat substitute!

Posted April 9th, 2007 at 10:30 AM by Seth Braun

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating

This article is written by a TFS guest contributor, Mr. Seth Braun, natural health expert and best-selling author. Seth can be contacted for a complimentary consultation through his site or at his clinic, (303)-444-2357.

I know, the name is a clue. Interesterified oil is the way food manufacturers are bypassing the new trans fat labeling laws.

I just posted an article about the next generation of trans fat on three of my websites and wanted to give you the readers digest version.

This was a big piece of news for me. I was at my aunt and uncle’s home and read the label on a box of crackers and there it was, a food ingredient I did not know. So after some research, I learned that I am a bit behind the curve and I thought you might want to know about this too!

Some of you know this, but it was news to me. there is a trend in food manufacturing to replace “interesterified oils,” for partially hydrogenated oil in food manufacturing because the industrial application and manufacturing processes are almost identical with this product when compared to partially hydrogenated oil.
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Does ZERO on the label always mean no trans fats?

Posted February 19th, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Jeanie Rebb

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating

Many products that advertise zero grams of trans fat on their labels still have partially hydrogenated oils in their ingredient lists, which means that they DO contain trans fats despite their label claims.

US labeling laws allow a manufacturer to claim ZERO if there is less than one-half gram (.5g) of partially hydrogenated oil per serving. That doesn’t sound like much, but if a serving size is one teaspoon or one cracker, it can add up to a lot of trans fats in a tub of margarine, a bowl of cereal or a bag of chips.

I think the claims are deceptive, but the manufacturers are not breaking the law. Use the list of ingredients as your source of information, not the nutrition panel or the “Zero Trans Fat” claims. If the words “partially hydrogenated” appear in the list of ingredients, look for another brand.
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