In response to Ethyl’s question, the chains are not going from trans fats back to natural fats, rather they are going to another unnatural man-made fat called interesterified fat. ❋ Unknown (2007)
You can avoid trans fats by checking nutrition labels on packaged foods or look at the ingredient line for partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, but to find interesterified fats you have to read the ingredients list. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A package of crackers I recently bought lists "interesterified fat" as one of the ingredients. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Some manufacturers now use interesterified fat instead of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, the source of the heart-harming trans fats now being removed from many foods. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Bedford Hills, N.Y. Some manufacturers now use interesterified fat instead of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, the source of the heart-harming trans fats now being removed from many foods. ❋ Unknown (2009)
But other nutrition experts say not enough is known about the safety of interesterified fat. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Dr. Hayes, who conducted a small study funded by the palm-oil industry that did find negative health effects from interesterified fats, says, "The point is, we should know more before we go off trans fat and onto something else." ❋ Unknown (2007)
More processed junk like “interesterified” fats, corn oil, soybean, canola oil, safflower, and rapeseed oil. ❋ Unknown (2007)
This may be a little off topic, but I see where they are supposedly replacing transfats oils with interesterified oils. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Notice that the study you refer to about interesterified oils was written by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Unilever, the maker of Promise, conducted its own study 10 years ago that found no adverse effects from food made with interesterified fat, says Doug Balentine, ❋ Unknown (2007)
A study from Brandeis University shows that both interesterified fats and partially hydrogenated oils raise the bad LDL and lower the good HDL cholesterol much more than the plant saturated fats found in palm, palm kernel and coconut oils. ❋ William Harryman (2007)
Promise Buttery Spread and Enova cooking oil contain interesterified fat. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Products made with interesterified fat include shortening, margarine and cooking oils. ❋ Unknown (2007)
David Baer, a research physiologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, says his own research has studied only blended fats, and offers no insights on interesterified fats specifically. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Products made with interesterified fat include Promise Buttery Spread and Enova cooking oil. ❋ Unknown (2007)
"A Brandeis University study found that eating products made with 'interesterified' oil a.k.a. fully hydrogenated oil may lower HDL, the good cholesterol, and cause a significant rise in blood sugar," she said. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Be aware of the health effects being researched on interesterified ❋ Unknown (2010)
