PALM OIL NOT GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR TRANSFATS SAY SCIENTISTS
April 1st, 2009
BY MONICA DOBIE
CONFECTIONERY and sweet bakery ingredient palm oil should not be used as an alternative to transfats according to a study from the USA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Makers of baked goods and breakfast bars have especially been looking for healthier alternatives, but ARS studies show products with palm oil creating as much bad cholesterol as those with transfats.
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CONFECTIONERY and sweet bakery ingredient palm oil should not be used as an alternative to transfats according to a study from the USA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Makers of baked goods and breakfast bars have especially been looking for healthier alternatives, but ARS studies show products with palm oil creating as much bad cholesterol as those with transfats.
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