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Originally Posted by NACHO
Most margarines have completely eliminated trans fat. Per serving most have less fat than butter.
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Not true. Some have, but you have to actually check the ingredients, not just the nutrition labels. Nutrition label laws let you have transfats under a certain amount per serving and still be labeled zero.
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Food manufacturers are allowed to list amounts of trans fat with less than 0.5 gram (1/2 g) as 0 (zero) on the Nutrition Facts panel. As a result, consumers may see a few products that list 0 gram trans fat on the label, while the ingredient list will have "shortening" or "partially hydrogenated vegetable oil" on it. This means the food contains very small amounts (less than 0.5 g) of trans fat per serving.
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I was in the store the other day and most of them had partially hydrogenated vegetable or soybean oil.
Soybean oil and vegetable oil are reason enough not to have most margarine, btw.