Trans-Fats
Trans Fat. We all know its bad. We all know we shouldnt eat it but when it is being served at restaurants its just so hard to say no. Sometimes though, simply choosing your restaurant can make all the difference.
So how do the chains weigh in?
McDonalds is ready for a trans-fat fight.
Although they did switch to trans-fat free cooking oil in Denmark, there was nothing on their site to suggest making changes in the USA. This article even mentions that McDonalds is "not yet prepared to announce a national rollout."
Hmm.
VS.
Kentucky Fried Chicken said it would stop using the oils.
Wendy's will also join in cutting fat and has switched to zero trans fat oil.
Burger King will begin testing trans-fat free oils.
Arby's will no longer use trans-fat on their french fries.
Taco Bell will convert to a new zero grams trans-fat canola oil.
Trans-fat milestones include:
BanTransFats sued Kraft in 2003 to eliminate trans-fats from oreos.
Result: Kraft eliminated trans fat from Oreos and reduced or eliminated it in about 650 other products. Click here and here for information.The Oreo lawsuit had a huge "domino" effect. The publicity that the lawsuit received created public awareness about the trans fat issue and triggered an avalanche of events including the FDA labeling rule.
NYC bans trans-fats!
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- New York City's board of health voted unanimously Tuesday to cut sharply the amount of artificial trans fats in restaurant food.
More on NYC banning:
The phase out of artificial trans fat in restaurant foods will happen in two stages. First, restaurants will have until July 1, 2007, to make sure that all oils, shortening and margarine containing artificial trans fat used for frying or for spreads have less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving. Oils and shortening used to deep fry yeast dough and cake batter are not included in the first deadline.
The second deadline is July 1, 2008. By that date, all foods must have less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving if they have any artificial trans fat. Packaged foods served in the manufacturer's original packaging are exempt.
Ok. Wait. Packaged foods are exempt? Seriously? Shouldn't it either be banned to serve this stuff or not? Double Hmmm.
So what do you think? Is it the governments responsibility to ban these fatty foods.. or is it our responsibility to eat healthfully and stay away from the junk?
So how do the chains weigh in?
McDonalds is ready for a trans-fat fight.
Although they did switch to trans-fat free cooking oil in Denmark, there was nothing on their site to suggest making changes in the USA. This article even mentions that McDonalds is "not yet prepared to announce a national rollout."
Hmm.
VS.
Kentucky Fried Chicken said it would stop using the oils.
Wendy's will also join in cutting fat and has switched to zero trans fat oil.
Burger King will begin testing trans-fat free oils.
Arby's will no longer use trans-fat on their french fries.
Taco Bell will convert to a new zero grams trans-fat canola oil.
Trans-fat milestones include:
BanTransFats sued Kraft in 2003 to eliminate trans-fats from oreos.
Result: Kraft eliminated trans fat from Oreos and reduced or eliminated it in about 650 other products. Click here and here for information.The Oreo lawsuit had a huge "domino" effect. The publicity that the lawsuit received created public awareness about the trans fat issue and triggered an avalanche of events including the FDA labeling rule.
NYC bans trans-fats!
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- New York City's board of health voted unanimously Tuesday to cut sharply the amount of artificial trans fats in restaurant food.
More on NYC banning:
The phase out of artificial trans fat in restaurant foods will happen in two stages. First, restaurants will have until July 1, 2007, to make sure that all oils, shortening and margarine containing artificial trans fat used for frying or for spreads have less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving. Oils and shortening used to deep fry yeast dough and cake batter are not included in the first deadline.
The second deadline is July 1, 2008. By that date, all foods must have less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving if they have any artificial trans fat. Packaged foods served in the manufacturer's original packaging are exempt.
Ok. Wait. Packaged foods are exempt? Seriously? Shouldn't it either be banned to serve this stuff or not? Double Hmmm.
So what do you think? Is it the governments responsibility to ban these fatty foods.. or is it our responsibility to eat healthfully and stay away from the junk?
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