Trans Fat in Cheddar and Cottage Cheese

Diet and Nutrition
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I took a look at my cheddar cheese and a new brand of cottage cheese I bought the other day, and it came to my attention that both of them contain trans fat. A 125g serving of cottage cheese has about 0.4 grams, and a slice of cheese has about the same. I looked at the ingredients of the cheddar, and found no added fats at all. Previous cottage cheese I’ve bought usually has the ingredients on it, and it never said trans fat on the nutrition label; this one has no ingredients written on it but has trans fat on the label.

I remember reading that dairy products and beef have natural trans fats in them that are not unhealthy, contrary to the man-made ones (although I’m sure some women make them, too:). Does this mean some Canadian firms (I live in Ontario) now put natural trans fats on their label?

Must be confusing for people who don’t know there’s natural trans fats… which is 99.99% of people.

What are your thoughts on this?

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Bumpsy. Really wanna know!

Long live the bush!

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Oh come on people!

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bump

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people are stupid, especially ones who think trans are ‘unnatural’

Products from Ruminants always contain trans-fats

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[quote]silles wrote:
people are stupid, especially ones who think trans are ‘unnatural’

Products from Ruminants always contain trans-fats[/quote]

Well silles, if you call the process of heating fats at enormously high temperatures to combine them with hydrogen natural, then I don’t know what’s unnatural to you. I say, if it ain’t in the woods, it ain’t natural.

I know that there are natural trans fats, but these strongly differ from the man-made ones.

Any other [more insightful] comments?