Everyday products with Trans Fats - list them here.

Kelinik

I use original flora which says low in saturates, virtually trans fat free and no hydrogenated oils. As it has less calories, fat, saturates and salt than butter I shall be sticking with it as I still consider it the lesser of two evils to bake with.

On the subject of bisto I recently started buying the low salt one - looking at the ingredients though would I be better switching back to original? And the oxo stock cubes in my cupboard don't list any hydrogenated oils?

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watch out for dried fruits eg sultanas. They are usually coated with bad fats

If the product just says `vegetable oil` then it is likely to contain palm oil which is high in saturated fats

hob nobs have no hydrogenated fats

I don`t trust any commercially prepared foods, except m and s and even then you have to be very aware of the high fat content in many of their items

I prepare almost everything from scratch, using organic butter or olive oil but I am always on the lookout for ready-made and healthy items. I just found oatbix, which contains a little sugar and salt but otherwise good as breakfast/supper food

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lynzpower at the table, try bread dunked in a little raw olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Tahini makes a reasonable base for lettuce etc in a sandwich

liver function needs to be A1 so perhaps no alcohol + a support like milk thistle

http://www.medic8.com/healthguide/articles/cholesterolloweringtips.html

taplady

Bizzimum wrote:

Lots of products seem to contain vegetable oil in one guise or another - do manufactureres have to state whether it is hydrogenated or not?
And are there any other sneaky names for hydrogenated?

The only other name I know is Trans Fats

dannahaz

I'm really surprised to hear that you have trouble obtaining unsalted butter. There always seems to be loads of it when I go to the supermarkets, each one offering several brands. Country Life makes an unsalted version, in a silvery blue wrapper; Lurpak (the original unsalted butter that I remember from my childhood); Wheelbarrow (a dutch one); President; plus a lot of upmarket (and/or) organic brands (Rachel's, Sainsbury's SO, etc).

Even my local tiny convenience store stocks unsalted.

Is it a geographical thing?

squeaky

My local co-op is quite small but has five brands of butter on sale and they're ALL salted.

Which is a right pain when trying to make fake cream, or even lemon curd.

anguk

lynzpower wrote:

this is an absoulte minefield for me, my OH has very high cholestrol and any animal fat is out for us.

Hes been told to eat margarines, so we use flora

What the hell can we eat these days???

My OH is the same, he also has a high lipid count, his dietician has told him to use olive oil or vegetable oil so we buy Asdas own Olive spread (margarine) it's high in monounsturates (good), low in saturates (bad) and has no trans fats. It's also cheaper than the Bertolli olive oil spread.

Ted_Hutchinson

Grease is the word
Good article from the Guardian today.

scrimperjan

Bizzimum wrote:

Lots of products seem to contain vegetable oil in one guise or another - do manufactureres have to state whether it is hydrogenated or not?
And are there any other sneaky names for hydrogenated?

I thought this as well, especially when I checked out my old standby, Tesco Value Noodles. Although the ingredients only list vegetable oil as the fat, the guidelines on the front of the new style package say that each pack contaings 50% of your daily allowance of saturated fat. (If I knew how to do one of those 'horrified' smileys I would put one in now!)

Aye aye, I thought, someone's not declaring their hydrogenated fats. But then I found this on the government Food Standards Agency website:

'Trans fats can be formed when liquid vegetable oils are turned into solid fats through the process of hydrogenation. Foods containing hydrogenated vegetable oil, WHICH MUST BE LISTED IN THE INGREDIENTS LIST ON THE LABEL, might also contain trans fats.'

...So I guess the saturated vegetable fat must be palm oil or something.

I find it hard to believe that there is so much saturated fat in one serving of noodles...also really depressing.

ariba10

Our ancestors have done reasonably well to date existing on animal fats.

The poblems appear to start with the introduction of artificial fats that we are told 'Are better for us'.

A ballanced diet with plenty of fresh natural food and the dreaded exercise would I am sure do us all the world of good. (I think butter is better than manufactured grease no matter what you call it)

There are too many people looking for the majic cure or pill that will do it for us.

There is always some manufacturer that can 'prove' that if you give him your money they will make it allright.