Comments on: Did you know these foods contain trans fat?

By: Irini

Irini — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:57:39 +0000

I have a picture of all the food I removed from my pantry that contains trans fats. I went on a kick last year and banned all trans fats (other than naturally occuring) from our home. I have that picture if you would like to see it. I remember that I was just disgusted by WHAT foods contained trans fats. Gross. I am very motivated in letting everyone I know about trans fats. Great site! Keep it going!

By: Kay

Kay — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:30:52 +0000

I don’t think they claim to have 0 trans-fat, but still, I am most surprised by Starburst, Skittles and similar candies. I wouldn’t expect them to have any kind of fat, actually.

By: Timothy Jones

Timothy Jones — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:20:06 +0000

Regular M&M’s, caramel creams, turkey hill no fat chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, oreos, tootsie rolls.

By: Kaitlin

Kaitlin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:23:53 +0000

Totino’s Pizza Rolls, cake icing (I believe the one I sadly bought and ate is Duncan Hines), and Totino’s Party Pizza. That last one is small and intended for kids. I decided to have a slice of my five-year-old nephew’s when I noticed that it wasn’t packed with fats as I had thought, and as it had been when I was a kid. But, behold, a significant amount of trans fat – something like either two or four grams per serving. How is this even released to the public? How is this not banned throughout the entire country’s restaurants and grocery supplies?

By: Aravinda

Aravinda — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:40:19 +0000

Great page. You may want to consider including Triscuits. Interestingly the fine print on this page: http://www.nabiscoworld.com/Brands/ProductInformation.aspx?BrandKey=TRISCUIT&Site=1&Product=4400000367

mentions that because the product contains < 0.5 gms per serving the FDA REQUIRES them to list 0 trans fat. Poor Nabisco, they’re just doing as they’re told I suppose.

QUOTE: “Where a product contains less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving, the FDA requires that the content be listed in the package’s Nutrition Facts box as “0g”. We use that same definition of “0g” on this website.”

Honestly though I think if you put Triscuits on your site it just may jolt them into coming up with a trans-fat free version, if that is possible. Though I guess once having gone through your “10 surprising” foods list I am no longer surprised that Triscuits would be up there along with Ritz and other crackers …

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:50:05 +0000

My son and his wife shop regularly at Chinese markets in the Bay Area. Cookies and crackers manufactured in China are regular parts of their childrens’ diet. Do foods manufactured in China contain trans fats, and if so, are they listed on the labels in Chinese, and if so, can the labels be trusted?

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:12:29 +0000

There’s some evidence that indicates conjugated linoleic acid, a trans fat, is beneficial in some quantitites. A google search for “good trans fat” will bring up some articles about it. These occur naturally in animals and are found in some meat and dairy products.

Trans fats in processed foods like the ones mentioned in this article, however, are indeed bad for you. If they come from partially hydrogenated oils, that’s a problem. If you see *fully* hydrogenated oils on the list of ingredients, the trans fat should be eliminated.

By: tytbody

tytbody — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:49:48 +0000

I would like you to check out toll House Cookies the mini ones. You cut them up and bake them. I bought these, yes today reading that it said like you said, 0g Trans Fat. I said good, I can bake these and bring them to work. As I was looking at the calorie content I said okay.then I read the ingredients and it says, Hydrogenated Cottnsee Oil. Well isn’t that a trans fat? it has the word hydrogenated in it?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:34:35 +0000

Peanut butter. The fat from peanuts are good for you. It’s one of my favorite foods. Kids love it too… some eat a PPJ sandwich every day. I was always confused that the nutrition label said “TRANS FATS 0″, yet the ingredients label says “…PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN), FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS…”. As your article confirms, that tells me that it does in fact contain Trans Fat!

They need to fix these labels. It’s very misleading.

Love the new web site. Always great info here…thanks!

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:16:18 +0000

Some Of The Puddings Instant and reg Have Trans Fat Too .

Judy