News On Trans Fats

Sterzing's Potato Chips struggling with product reformulation
May 16, 2018

Sterzing's Potato Chips struggling with product reformulation

Sterzing's Potato Chips reformulated its recipe to meet the deadline of the 2015 U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandate banning oils that contain trans fat. At first that didn't go too well...
World Health Organisation wants industrially-produced trans fats banned globally
May 15, 2018

World Health Organisation wants industrially-produced trans fats banned globally

The World Health Organisation (WHO) released REPLACE, a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply. Eliminating trans fats is key to protecting health and saving lives.
Health Canada proposes to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) in food
April 29, 2017

Health Canada proposes to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) in food

Health Canada is introducing a regulatory proposal to prohibit the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs)—the main source of industrially produced trans fats—in food to help protect the health of all Canadians.
Potato Processor Lamb Weston / Meijer continues to innovate: Sustainability report
January 22, 2017

Sustainability Report: Potato Processor Lamb Weston / Meijer continues to innovate

Lamb Weston's European joint venture, Lamb Weston / Meijer has published its sustainability report for 2015-2016. Compared to the reference year 2008, energy consumption per tonne of product has reduced by more than 21% and potato utilisation has improved by 4.5%.
Cargill offers
February 09, 2016

Cargill offers label-friendly alternatives for monoglycerides

Cargill Texturizing Solutions is offering manufacturers a successful replacement for monoglycerides, which are sometimes made from PHO
Bakery products in Taiwan; Many bakery products still contain trans fats
September 13, 2015

Taiwan to ban trans fat in processed food

In Taiwan, the Food and Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health and Welfare is taking steps to remove artificial trans fat from Taiwan’s food supply chain.
Global dietary patterns among men and women in 187 countries in 2010
February 26, 2015

Are we eating healthier now than 20 years ago?

A study published in The Lancet Global Health shows that in an analysis of worldwide dietary patterns, overall diet quality worsened across the globe even as consumption of healthier foods increased in many countries.
 FDA
November 06, 2013

FDA takes step to further reduce trans fats in processed foods

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” for use in food.
 En 2009
September 18, 2012

La salud europea está en riesgo por las grasas trans de la comida procesada

La salud del corazón de millones de europeos aún se encuentra en riesgo debido al alto contenido de ácidos grasos trans de algunos alimentos rápidos y procesados. Aunque los niveles globales han disminuido, pocos países tienen una limitación legal en l...
February 13, 2012

Restaurants' trans fat bans may have positive health effects

Reductions in restaurants’ use of trans fats may have played a role in declining levels of the fats in the blood of white American adults between 2000 and 2009, a Centers for Disease Control study found Wednesday. The level of trans fats in those who ...
February 07, 2012

Canada: Trans fat rules rejected as burden on food industry

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is standing firm Tuesday on taking a voluntary approach with the food industry on trans fat, even though newly released documents show her department was ready to impose regulations in 2009. Documents obtained by the Cen...
 California
December 23, 2010

Jan. 1, 2011: 2nd phase of California trans fat ban to take effect

California restaurants must end trans fat use by Jan. 1.
ARS is breeding more heart healthy (high oleic) soybean lines
September 16, 2010

ARS is breeding more heart healthy (high oleic) soybean lines

Products made from soy oil stand to benefit from two new germplasm lines that produce high levels of oleic acid, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists.
August 21, 2010

Brasil: Límites en la publicidad de alimentos sacuden a las potencias del mercado

La Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria de Brasil, Anvisa, recientemente dictaminó que la publicidad de bebidas refrescantes y comida rica en grasas saturadas o grasas trans, azúcar y sodio cambiará. Para final de 2010, la industria se tendrá que ...
July 16, 2010

Fast Food Using Less Trans Fats

Trans fats have been showing up less often in fast-food restaurant meals.Research from the University of Minnesota's Nutrition Coordinating Center has shows major chains have significantly reduced their use of oils that contain trans fat in French frie...
June 22, 2010

Piden prohibir grasas trans en alimentos en el Reino Unido

El organismo que regula los alimentos y fármacos en el Reino Unido está pidiendo que en Inglaterra se eliminen de los alimentos los ácidos grasos trans. Estos compuestos son un tipo de grasas insaturadas presentes principalmente en productos que han s...
 Bottles of oil
May 28, 2010

Trans Fats replaced by Healthier Fats, Study Finds

Fears that removing harmful trans fats from foods would open the door for manufacturers and restaurants to add other harmful fats to foods seem to be unfounded, a new study finds. A team from Harvard School of Public Health analyzed 83 reformulated p...
May 12, 2010

Grasas trans: Freno a la amenaza invisible

Las compañías de alimentación empiezan a abandonar el uso de este tipo de aceites procesados de manera artificial, ante las evidencias de los daños que causa a la salud. El mayor enemigo nutricional para la salud cardiovascular no es el exceso de calo...

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