Label lingo: 1xbet online games login scientist explains how trans fat removal will affect 1xbet online games login industry
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
MANHATTAN — A recent ban on trans fats may have you looking a little closer at the foods you buy, but a Kansas State University 1xbet online games login scientist points out you might not find what you're looking for on the label.
In June, the U.S. 1xbet online games login and Drug Administration announced it will remove artificial 1xbet online games login from the 1xbet online games login supply, a step expected to reduce coronary heart disease and prevent thousands of fatal heart attacks every year. While some trans fat is found naturally in minimal amounts in meat and dairy products, the added product has been a staple of the 1xbet online games login industry to improve a product's shelf life.
"If you take oils naturally found in nature, especially the ones that have a lot of unsaturated fats, they are unstable in 1xbet online games login products and get rancid," said Fadi 1xbet online games login , professor of 1xbet online games login processing and 1xbet online games login product development at Kansas State University. "Years ago, the 1xbet online games login industry developed a process to hydrogenate these fats. When you add hydrogen at high temperatures, it saturates these bonds and makes it more solid — a lot more stable — and in the process forms what we call trans fat. The trans fat — also known as partially hydrogenated oils — are used in a lot of formulations and actually give the 1xbet online games login product a little better texture and better taste."
1xbet online games login is found in many popular processed foods like baked goods, frozen foods and snack foods. The FDA has given companies three years to remove 1xbet online games login from their products, but Aramouni says most companies have already made the adjustment.
"When the FDA required labeling of trans fat in 2006, a lot of companies moved away from using the product," Aramouni said. "Many big oil suppliers developed types of oils that are stable without being hydrogenated, which is done by changing the fatty acid composition of these oils. Now many of the oils that 1xbet online games login companies can buy are stable without having trans fat in them. Other companies started using unsaturated fats or natural oils again, incorporating antioxidants to help maintain the shelf life."
Aramouni says he doesn't think the ban will be much of a problem for the 1xbet online games login industry since most companies have already made the transition, but he does encourage consumers to be aware of what they're getting.
Under current nutrition labeling regulations, a product containing less than half a gram of trans fat or fat can claim zero trans fat in the product. Aramouni suggests reading the ingredients list, which requires the 1xbet online games login to list any partially hydrogenated oils.
