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Burger King eliminates trans fats from menu
October 3rd, 2008, 8:36 am · 3 Comments · posted by Nancy Luna, Staff Writer
Burger King has finally made the switch to trans fat free oils.
The nation’s No. 2 burger chain said all restaurants nationwide are now cooking with trans fat free cooking oils. And, by Nov. 1, all menu items will have zero grams artificial trans fat, including ingredients used for baked goods, par-fried and pre-portioned menu items.
Burger King is the last of some of the major fast-food chains to finally comply to the trans-fat ban in California. Earlier this year, the state officially banned the artery-clogging fat from restaurants, which have until 2010 to comply.
Read more: What fast-food chains are complying to the new the trans-fat ban?
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Has anyone looked at what the government is forcing resturants to use in place of the good tasting oil? The substitue is known in scientific circles to be many times worse then the good oil the government is banning. But the government knows that by the time the substitue starts harming people, the public will have forgotten who forced the switch. Remember MTBE in gasoline. The government forced it’s use then blamed refineries when it turned out to be a natural disater. Do not trust the government. Do not let them take away your freedom. It will take a revolution to get our freedoms back from the liberal, socialist government.
Why in heck do we go there? We well know the risks, must we eat ketchup and cardboard burgers?
Cecil: I may be naive on this but I’m not aware of CA or the US forcing a particular substitution on the market. Though I have heard, too, that food makers are turning to a much worse compound simply because it’s not on the radar.
Trans fat, at least in processed foods, generally doesn’t occur naturally. It is added both as a kind of “glue” to hold baked goods together and as a preservative.
As someone with several heart-disease risk factors and a fast food lover, I am all for eliminating this particularly bad and unnecessary type of fat. But I’m with you, I don’t want the replacement to be even worse, regardless of who is making the decision.