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According to the product information label, one 12-g serving of Crisco contains 3.5 g of saturated fat, 0 g of trans fat, 6 g of polyunsaturated fat, and 2.5 g of monounsaturated fat. [7] This reformulated Crisco is claimed to have the same cooking properties and flavor as the original version of the product. [citation needed]
In January 2007, all Crisco products were reformulated to contain less than one gram of trans fat per serving, and the separately marketed trans-fat-free version introduced in 2004 was consequently discontinued. [17]
Up to 45% of the total fat in those foods containing human-made trans fats formed by partially hydrogenating plant fats may be trans fat. [ 44 ] [ 46 ] An analysis of some industrialized foods in 2006 found up to 30% "trans fats" in artificial shortening, 10% in breads and cake products, 8% in cookies and crackers, 4% in salty snacks, 7% in ...
Products containing less than 5 g of fat show amounts rounded to the nearest 0.5 g. Amounts less than 0.5 g are rounded to 0 g. For example, if a product contains 0.45 g of trans fat per serving, and the package contains 18 servings, the label would show 0 g of trans fat, even though the product actually contains a total of 8.1 g of trans fat.
A carbohydrate-rich breakfast for men and a fat-rich breakfast for women gets the day off to a good start, a new study suggests. While women store more fat than men, they also burn it faster to ...
Crisco and other producers have been able to reformulate cottonseed oil so it contains little to no trans fats. [49] Still, some health experts claim that cottonseed oil's high ratio of polyunsaturated fats to monounsaturated fats and processed nature make it unhealthy. [50]
The processing of fats by hydrogenation can convert some unsaturated fats into trans fat]]s. The presence of trans fats in various processed foods has received much attention. Margarine, a common product that can contain trans fats Cover of original Crisco cookbook, 1912. Crisco was made by hydrogenating cottonseed oil. The formula was revised ...
Crisco and similar low trans-fat products are formed by interesterifying a mixture of fully hydrogenated oils and partially hydrogenated liquid oils. The result is "artificial" insofar as the composition of the resultant triglycerides is random, and contains combinations of fatty acids not commonly found in natural products.