Food Standards Australia New Zealand’s (FSANZ) dietary modelling has found that Australians obtain on average 0.5 per cent of their daily kilojoules from TFAs and New Zealanders on average 0.6 per cent. This is well below the WHO recommendation. It is also below the levels in many other countries.
It is not mandatory to declare TFAs on the label, although manufacturers can provide this information voluntarily. However, TFAs must be declared on a food label if the manufacturer makes a nutrition claim about cholesterol or saturated, trans, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, omega-3, omega-6 or omega-9 fatty acids. Read more...
In 2005, CHOICE (Australia) tested more than 50 processed foods and found many contained trans fats at unacceptably high levels and while some fast-food chains have reduced their levels of trans fats, and some of the foods tested previously have eliminated trans fats altogether, others now apparently contain even more than before. Read more...
Some brands of margarine, for example, state the serving size as 1 tsp. This is very little margarine, barely enough to spread on one slice of bread. If you eat two or more slices of bread spread with margarine, chances are that you will be taking 4 or 5 or more servings of margarine.
It is not mandatory to declare TFAs on the label, although manufacturers can provide this information voluntarily. However, TFAs must be declared on a food label if the manufacturer makes a nutrition claim about cholesterol or saturated, trans, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, omega-3, omega-6 or omega-9 fatty acids. Read more...
In 2005, CHOICE (Australia) tested more than 50 processed foods and found many contained trans fats at unacceptably high levels and while some fast-food chains have reduced their levels of trans fats, and some of the foods tested previously have eliminated trans fats altogether, others now apparently contain even more than before. Read more...
Some brands of margarine, for example, state the serving size as 1 tsp. This is very little margarine, barely enough to spread on one slice of bread. If you eat two or more slices of bread spread with margarine, chances are that you will be taking 4 or 5 or more servings of margarine.
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