The FDA is currently in the midst of litigation about trans fat; in 2013, 98-year-old heart disease researcher Fred Kummerow sued the FDA for failing to ban the use of partially hydrogenated oil ...

In 2006, when the FDA first took action on trans fats, Americans consumed an average of 4.6 grams of trans fat per day, according to the FDA. As of 2012, that amount has fallen to about 1 gram per ...

Partially hydrogenated oil is also much cheaper than butter, lard, or other semi-solid fats like palm oil. Trans fats also take much longer to go rancid than traditional fats, making partially ...

If a consumer group and lawmakers get their way, restaurant menus will disclose use of partially hydrogenated oils. Say, Does Trans Fat Come With Those Fries? - Los Angeles Times ...

In a simpler time, we were told to avoid foods that were high in fat. But then we learned that there are many different types of fats, including some, like olive oil, that are good for you. There ...

The stuff is called trans fat, created when ordinary vegetable oil is processed into partially hydrogenated oil. It's why Crisco stays solid at room temperature and what makes cakes moist, cookies ...

The agency says trans fats, found in partially hydrogenated oils, raise the risk of heart disease. Even though food companies have drastically reduced their use of the oils, you can still find ...

By Kerri-Ann Jennings, M.S., R.D. From cereal bars to oatmeal, these foods have a trans fat content that may surprise you. 1. French Fries Many restaurants and fast-food joints fry their french ...

Developed in the late 19th century in Germany as a way of manipulating liquid vegetable oil, partially hydrogenated fats (trans fats) rapidly entered the food supply, largely in the form of solid ...

KFC's announcement that it will eliminate trans fats from its cooking oil puts more pressure for alternatives on companies that make and distribute the oil. So far, no single, all-purpose product ...

The agency aims to remove artificial trans fat from food supply. ... Today, the FDA says, 12% of all packaged foods contain a partially hydrogenated oil, the formal name for trans fats.

The FDA ruled in June to ban trans fats, which is good. But the alternatives — palm oil and interesterified vegetable oil — may not be much better.