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**Sliliashdes** · 07-27-2008, 08:00 AM

Originally posted by Oerdin
I do know that the rise of trans fats occurred just after the US Congress required packaged foods to be labeled with calorie content, % fat, % sugar, and what not. Trans fats where popular because they were an artificial compound which tasted like fat and acted like fat but which legally didn't have to appear on labels as fats.

So processed food makers packed their foods with trans fats while loudly claiming their food was "fat free" and thus some how was supposed to be more healthy. What sort of labelling laws do you have?

07-27-2008, 08:00 AM	#7
Sliliashdes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 375 Senior Member	Originally posted by Oerdin I do know that the rise of trans fats occurred just after the US Congress required packaged foods to be labeled with calorie content, % fat, % sugar, and what not. Trans fats where popular because they were an artificial compound which tasted like fat and acted like fat but which legally didn't have to appear on labels as fats. So processed food makers packed their foods with trans fats while loudly claiming their food was "fat free" and thus some how was supposed to be more healthy. What sort of labelling laws do you have?
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