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KFC and Burger King / trans fat

October 8, 2021
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Trans fat (Partially hydrogenated vegetable oil)

A committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concluded in 2004 that on a gram-for-gram basis, trans fat is even more harmful than saturated fat. That finding encouraged a few food manufacturers to begin replacing this hydrogenated shortening with less-harmful ingredients.

Food SafetyJanuary 4, 2021
cartoon of french fries, fried chicken, and margarine next to gravestone that reads "trans fat 1911-2018."

Peter’s Memo: Artificial trans fat dead at 107

July 31, 2018Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
Processed foods containing trans fats (popcorn, pizza, icing, cookies, cake, pie crust, butter, biscuits)

A final farewell to artificial trans fat

The food industry has until Monday to stop producing foods that contain artificial trans fat—a deadline that comes just over 14 years after the Center for Science in the Public Interest petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to revoke partially hydrogenated oil’s regulatory status as safe for use in foods. As a result, the heart-disease-promoting factory-made fat, once ubiquitous in restaurant deep fryers and in pastries, pie crusts, microwave popcorns, margarines and shortenings, and thousands of other packaged foods, is virtually gone from the food supply, according to the nonprofit nutrition and food safety watchdog group.

Healthy EatingJune 13, 2018
close up of trans fat on nutrition facts label

Peter’s Memo: Tracking the evidence from trans fat bans

It's no secret why the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Nutrition Action's publisher, has spent the last 20 years fighting to get trans fat out of the food supply. Partially hydrogenated oil—the source of artificial trans fat—has been around for more than a century. But it wasn't until the early 1990s that studies produced unequivocal evidence linking it to heart disease in humans.

February 22, 2018Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
Trump to Tap Scott Gottlieb for FDA Chief, Per Reports

Trump to tap Scott Gottlieb for FDA Chief, per reports

Government AccountabilityMarch 10, 2017
Food Watchdog Michael Jacobson to Change Roles at CSPI

Food watchdog Michael Jacobson to change roles at CSPI

November 2, 2016
FDA: Artificial Trans Fat Not Safe for Use in Food

FDA: Artificial trans fat not safe for use in food

In Huge Advance for Public Health, Food Industry Given Deadline to Remove Partially Hydrogenated Oil from Food Supply

Healthy EatingJune 16, 2015
FDA Denies Food Industry Request to Keep Using Trans Fat in Some Foods

CSPI cries foul over artificial trans fat at Church's Chicken

Healthy EatingSeptember 10, 2013
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Artificial Trans Fat Still in Supermarkets Despite Heart Risks

Marie Callender’s pies, Pop Secret’s microwave popcorns, and Long John Silver’s Breaded Clam Strips all share a little secret: they are among many products that still contain high levels of artificial trans fat.

Healthy EatingJanuary 10, 2012
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