THEY have been blamed for putting people at increased risk of heart disease.
Now York confectioner Nestle Rowntree has revealed how it is working to reduce - and where possible remove - transfats from its recipes.
Transfats are a type of unsaturated fat which can occur naturally, but they are also created industrially through the partial hydrogenation of plant oils and animal fats.
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Health authorities worldwide are recommending that consumption should be reduced to trace amounts, and the Food and Drink Federation says that UK food manufacturers are committed to reducing transfats from their brands as much as it technically feasible.
Nestle Rowntree said today that 52 product groups, including popular chocolate brands such as Rolo and Toffee Crisp, now had no added transfats at all.
In the remaining 14 products, it had reduced levels to less than one per cent, in line with recommendations from the World Health Organisation.
"Nestle continues to explore ways to remove these TFA's (transfats)," said a spokeswoman.
"Finally, as part of its new nutritional guidelines, no TFA's will be added in any new confectionery product launches."
Other confectioners such as Cadbury Schweppes said they too were actively reducing trans fats to less than 0.5 grams per single serve.
News of the programme to remove transfats came as Nestle revealed that it is to fund research into the relationship between nutrition and the brain.
The company is to fund two Nestle chairs at a Swiss Federal Institute of Technology under a five-year agreement.
"The research will extend from studying the role nutrition plays in children's brain development to identifying ways of slowing down brain decline in older age and preventing diseases such as Alzheimer's," said a spokesman.
"The agreement will also include research into taste perception and flavour enhancement."
Nestle says that good diet is now thought to have more potential than was previously recognised to improve brain function, and specific nutritional targets could be set to slow down or even stabilise age-related brain decline.
Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite contains TFA's. I have used this product for years as I'm not a milk drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk in the name of profit.
Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite contains TFA's. I have used this product for years as I'm not a milk drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk in the name of profit.
[quote][bold]bev cairns[/bold] wrote:
Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite
contains TFA's. I have used this product for years as I'm not a milk
drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy
alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk
in the name of profit.
[/quote] ...although it's not like they haven't been doing it for years all around the world is it?
bev cairns wrote:
Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite
contains TFA's. I have used this product for years as I'm not a milk
drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy
alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk
in the name of profit.
...although it's not like they haven't been doing it for years all around the world is it?
[quote][bold]bev cairns[/bold] wrote:
Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite contains TFA's. I have used this product for years as I'm not a milk drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk in the name of profit.
[/quote] Surely it is your own responsibility to read the list of ingredients?
bev cairns wrote:
Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite contains TFA's. I have used this product for years as I'm not a milk drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk in the name of profit.
Surely it is your own responsibility to read the list of ingredients?
[quote][bold]m[/bold] wrote:
What about all the aspartame that Cadbury Schweppes has started adding to its drinks recently? [/quote] Who cares? Aspartame or sugar - both are bad for you.
m wrote:
What about all the aspartame that Cadbury Schweppes has started adding to its drinks recently?
Who cares? Aspartame or sugar - both are bad for you.
[quote][bold]PC[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]bev cairns[/bold] wrote: Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite contains TFA\'s. I have used this product for years as I\'m not a milk drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk in the name of profit. [/quote] Surely it is your own responsibility to read the list of ingredients? [/quote] Of course it is but as I'm not a food scientist and the problems with TA's have only recently been brought into the public domain how was I to know? I find your comment rather bizarre and you havn't addressed the issue of TA's being there in the first place!
PC wrote:
bev cairns wrote: Absolutely appalled to find via the Sunday Times that Coffee Mate lite contains TFA\'s. I have used this product for years as I\'m not a milk drinker and presumed I was consuming a relatively healthy alternative.Shame on you Nestle for knowingly putting my health at risk in the name of profit.
Surely it is your own responsibility to read the list of ingredients?
Of course it is but as I'm not a food scientist and the problems with TA's have only recently been brought into the public domain how was I to know? I find your comment rather bizarre and you havn't addressed the issue of TA's being there in the first place!
i had been drinking this stuff several times a day from an office machine as it is quick, i think i have recently had a minor heart attack and am about to pay £450 for a heart scan. i could be wrong, but am very worried about this product...
i had been drinking this stuff several times a day from an office machine as it is quick, i think i have recently had a minor heart attack and am about to pay £450 for a heart scan. i could be wrong, but am very worried about this product...
Please! Who in their right mind would think coffee mate is healthy. It is not a natural food. It's a petroleum product. If you really want to eat healthy use natural foods and stop blaming your weight/heart ailments etc on people who make crap. It's you who puts it in your face. And if you don't drink milk try soy, or almond or another nut milk. Or drink it black or drink herbal teas or water. YOU are responsible for what goes in, you pay now or later.
Please! Who in their right mind would think coffee mate is healthy. It is not a natural food. It's a petroleum product. If you really want to eat healthy use natural foods and stop blaming your weight/heart ailments etc on people who make crap. It's you who puts it in your face. And if you don't drink milk try soy, or almond or another nut milk. Or drink it black or drink herbal teas or water. YOU are responsible for what goes in, you pay now or later.
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