7 Foods That Won’t Be the Same If Trans Fats Are Banned

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is moving toward significantly limiting–more or less banning–trans fats from foods in the U.S. The agency decided that trans fats are not safe for human health, and shouldn’t be in foods we eat. Trans fats are a byproduct of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs). Such partially hydrogenated oils have become popular because they give foods taste and texture, and in the 1950s, trans fats emerged as a way to increase the shelf life for processed foods such as baked goods.



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