22 Foods With Trans Fat

By Amanda MacMillan

Trans fat can make food taste good, last longer on grocery-store shelves, and more hazardous for your heart.

"Trans fats raise your bad cholesterol just like saturated fats, but they also increase inflammation and lower the good cholesterol that protects us against heart disease," says Andrea Giancoli, R.D., M.P.H., a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, in Hermosa Beach, Calif.

The good news? Many food manufacturers and fast-food chains have removed or reduced trans fat. But it still lurks in many foods -- here are 22 to watch.

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[Dasha Scott]

10:55 PM on 02/10/2013

I read the discussion thread and all what I wanna say for those who concerns about what eat what not to eat, go raw vegan and you will realize what real health is!

[JFaye]

09:16 PM on 12/11/2011

My dad must have known something even the scientist didn't as margarine rose in popularity... He called it "junk" and banned it from our home. When eating out, I specify butter in whatever I'm ordering and use butter (moderately) in my home.

Last summer, I purchased an ice cream freezer and yes ... made our ice cream ... including a batch of Lavender ice cream (It's Complicated). Very tasty... Other than fresh fruit... organic milk, creme, local farm (organic) eggs, cane sugar or honey and vanilla beans. My son and his wife would drive over to pick up their container, agreeing this was one of the more crazier things I've done in a while ... but tasting the sweet concoction would exclaim "This is outrageously good."

[hadla]

03:17 PM on 12/11/2011

If it never leaves your body, I must have a lot of it in me from Popeye's fries. Doesn't mean I'll stop eating Popeye's though. The only fried thing I eat there are the fries. The red beans and rice are the best!

[Yona Park]

04:04 AM on 12/09/2011

ha! so what's left to eat? &^@^*%*(@!!

[emeraldosprey]

09:56 AM on 12/31/2011

Strawberries, bananas, carrots, broccoli, sweet potatoes, blueberries, brown rice, peas, asparagus, peaches, apples, pears, beans. Ya know. Acutal HEALTHY food.

[ddanimal]

12:40 AM on 12/09/2011

The statements about transfats in ice cream and beef are misleading and demonstrate profound ignorance.

The naturally occurring transfat in dairy products and beef is "conjugated linoleic acid", or CLA. It is made by bacterial fermentation in the rumen. Healthy, grassfed cows have higher levels of CLA than unhealthy, feedlot factory farmed cows.

It is completely false to state or imply that CLA is harmful. All the science indicates that CLA is very good for you. It is a naturally occurring fat that humans have eaten for millions of years.

This clown Giancoli simply has no idea what he is talking about.

[ddanimal]

12:32 AM on 12/09/2011

All that food is GARBAGE.

Butter, lard and coconut oil are healthful oils. The ADA is wrong to say that saturated fats cause disease. They do not. There is no science that shows that saturated fats cause disease. Saturated fats are good for you.

[ddanimal]

12:45 AM on 12/09/2011

Except the ice cream and beef.

[Alvarask]

01:37 AM on 12/10/2011

The beef is good for you, and it's the sugar in ice cream that is unhealthy.

[mmkay]

03:47 PM on 12/08/2011

Eat at popeyes you get what you deserve.

[Ziggyzaggy]

12:38 PM on 12/08/2011

Soooo, there's trans fat in everything I eat then. Awesome!

[Greatest Darthfruit]

06:19 PM on 12/07/2011

Man! I am just guilty on pancakes and waffles. I love them on Sunday mornings!!

[Alvarask]

01:39 AM on 12/10/2011

If you must eat them, make your own. Buy organic flour, eggs and milk. Use real organic butter to oil the griddle and slather them in that real butter with lashing of REAL thick cream and some maple syrup. Sure, the flour and the sugar int he maple syrup aren't good for you, but you do it once a week, so enjoy your life. The butter, milk, cream and eggs are health foods.

[petpater]

04:14 PM on 12/07/2011

Is this allowed prevarication not an prime example of industries who have managed to influence the rules put forth by our 'protective' FDA?

[Karl Wilder]

02:26 PM on 12/07/2011

How stupid does one have to be to need this list? Is common sense that uncommon?

[almchrl13]

09:43 AM on 12/09/2011

You can eat everything - once in a while. Not as a steady diet.
Tho I don't know who eats a jerky product? A, like, jerk.

[dragondancer1814]

11:32 AM on 12/07/2011

We make our own pancakes, biscuits, pudding, cookies, pies, bread, and other foods from scratch, and we make air-popped popcorn. That way there's NO trans fats going in, and they're healthier besides. I don't eat frozen dinners, and those I buy for my husband to take to work are carefully vetted-if there's even half a gram of trans fat on the nutrition guide label, I don't buy them. Ditto tub margarine, lunch meat for sandwiches, and shortening (yes, some recipes call for it, unfortunately). When we do have fries, we simply peel and cut up some potatoes and fry them in canola oil or bake them in the oven with seasoning sprinkled on them. It's tastier and less expensive than storebought, especially since we grow our own spuds!

Ground beef is something we're stuck with, however. You can get three pounds of it for the same price as a pair of steaks, and that three pounds of hamburger can be divided into one-pound segments and put in the freezer. With one pound, you can make all kinds of dinners (meaty spaghetti sauce, tacos/Mexican meals, meatballs, soup, etc.) and if you throw in two kinds of veggies as side dishes or a huge salad to go with the pasta, you have enough dinner for two nights at least. Give me a break, I'm just trying to feed our family on a budget!

[petpater]

04:15 PM on 12/07/2011

And doing a fine job from the sound of it. I grew Spuds once.... Hats off to you1

[Alvarask]

01:41 AM on 12/10/2011

The ground beef will not hurt you. It would be great if you could get organic, grass-fed beef, but still, it's one of the better foods you're going to eat. The stories that there are transfats that will hurt you in MEAT are untrue.

[FarmLuv]

09:59 AM on 12/10/2011

Grassfed is animals can be pretty fatty and some cornfed animals can be lean. I would actually look at the fat of the cut before buying either. And how is organic better? Sure, growth hormones are used, but there is more estrogen in a serving of spinach (or asparagus or soy, etc) than in a serving of implanted beef.

[local21]

07:12 AM on 12/07/2011

I'm trying to eat more fresh veggies and less processed foods. I've noticed my taste buds are adjusting to the change and I'm really enjoying the food.

[paul4v44]

01:19 AM on 12/07/2011

Just have some red wine with it to clear out your arteries

[RomanNoseJob]

01:06 AM on 12/07/2011

i've been trying to avoid hydrogenated oils for the better part of a decade now. .. ever since i discovered the ugly truth about them. . . i read EVERY label before i ingest anything