WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Two Purdue University researchers have developed a hydrogenation process that could solidify soybean oil for food processing without creating trans fats, which have been linked ...

What they are: Trans fats are made from liquid fats in which the natural bends in the molecule have been straightened out by a process called partial hydrogenation. In this process the essential fatty ...

I often receive notes asking questions about dietary fats, like why is unsaturated fat healthier than saturated fat, and what is trans fat. Good questions, but to answer them I’ll have to first walk ...

With trans fats on the way out, Americans can expect to see new shortenings in their snack foods. But will the replacements be any better? In June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled that ...

With changes to the Nutrition Facts panel in 2006 that listed the content of trans fats in foods, industry efforts to reformulate food products, and government efforts to limit use of these fats in ...

Artificial trans fat is about to become much more scarce in the U.S. food supply now that the Food and Drug Administration has determined that its main source, partially hydrogenated oils, are not ...

I continue to be amazed at the pace at which nutrition science continues to evolve — and get more complicated. Along with that thought comes this question from David P in Tucson, Arizona: “Dear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Pixabay They enhance the flavour, texture and shelf-life of fried, baked and packaged foods, but trans fats or trans fatty ...