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MargaretR · 17-06-2008, 00:12

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...em-843400.html

Deadly transfats (hydrogenated vegetable oil) is banned in some countries but still allowed in ours.
Read the labels on the food you buy.

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Yet, despite the dangers, many major UK food producers continue to use it in everyday products. Brands that include it in their manufacture include Cadbury Heroes, some Nestlé and Mars confectionery, Batchelors Cup a Soups and even Haliborange Omega-3 Fish Oil capsules for children, Quality Street chocolates and Angel Delight dessert; Horlicks instant night-time drink and Knorr stock cubes.
Nor is its use confined to retail food goods. Hydrogenated vegetable oil, or trans-fat, as it is sometimes called, is also widely used in bakery products, and by restaurants and takeaways, where it usually does not have to be labelled and declared as being present.

Denmark, where legislation removing HVO from the food chain was introduced five years ago. Since then, the rate of heart disease among Danes has dropped by a staggering 40 per cent

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MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 517 times Rep Power: 29209	Hydrogenated vegetable oils are dangerous http://www.independent.co.uk/life-st...em-843400.html Deadly transfats (hydrogenated vegetable oil) is banned in some countries but still allowed in ours. Read the labels on the food you buy. extract- Yet, despite the dangers, many major UK food producers continue to use it in everyday products. Brands that include it in their manufacture include Cadbury Heroes, some Nestlé and Mars confectionery, Batchelors Cup a Soups and even Haliborange Omega-3 Fish Oil capsules for children, Quality Street chocolates and Angel Delight dessert; Horlicks instant night-time drink and Knorr stock cubes. Nor is its use confined to retail food goods. Hydrogenated vegetable oil, or trans-fat, as it is sometimes called, is also widely used in bakery products, and by restaurants and takeaways, where it usually does not have to be labelled and declared as being present. Denmark, where legislation removing HVO from the food chain was introduced five years ago. Since then, the rate of heart disease among Danes has dropped by a staggering 40 per cent __________________ Last edited by MargaretR; 17-06-2008 at 00:17.