In article >,
Van Chocstraw > wrote:

> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Mar 26, 8:41 am, Van Chocstraw >
> > wrote:
> >> The lying cheating corporations in collaboration with the lying cheating
> >> government have agreed that .5 transfat in products can be labeled zero
> >> transfat. I think .5 grams is quite significant. We can't trust anything
> >> or anybody.
> >
> > Apparently, you can eat up to 3.5 grams of transfat per day without
> > worry.
> > That's a lot of Oreos.
> >
> > Or, you can just not eat junk at all, and know that you're getting 0
> > grams.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> If butter says zero trans fat and has .5 grams it's an outright lie and
> not junk food.

From:

http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/qatrans2.html

Q: How will the nutrition label be different?

A: The FDA final rule on trans fatty acids (also called "trans fat")
requires that the amount of trans fat in a serving be listed on a
separate line under saturated fat on the Nutrition Facts panel (see
figure). However, trans fat does not have to be listed if the total fat
in a food is less than 0.5 gram (or 1/2 gram) per serving and no claims
are made about fat, fatty acids or cholesterol content.

Q: Is it better to eat butter instead of margarine to avoid trans fat?

A: No, because the combined amount of saturated fat and trans fat (the
cholesterol-raising fats) and cholesterol for butter is usually higher
than margarine, even though some margarines contain more trans fat than
butter.

[end of quote]

The cite above has a nice table about butter and margarine. It claims
that butter has .3g of trans fat per serving (one tablespoon).

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA