On 8/31/2011 6:38 AM, Storrmmee wrote:
> and iirc any fat once heated to a certain temp becomes trans fats, like you
> think you are being good heating some OO to fry some vegetables in, and poof
> its now is trans or has trans fats, Lee
> "Julie > wrote in message
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>>> "Tiger > wrote in message
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>>>> On 8/30/2011 2:30 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> Hershey's has some new milk chocolate Kisses that are filled with air
>>>>> in the
>>>>> middle. Well not quite. They whip the centers. We got a bag for next
>>>>> to
>>>>> combining a sale and using a coupon and a doubler. So much air is in
>>>>> there
>>>>> that 11 Kisses is a serving. 7 is a serving of the regular Kisses. At
>>>>> least 7 for a diabetic, meaning 15g of carb.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find I *can* eat just one of these. Kisses are one of those things
>>>>> that I
>>>>> don't dislike. I actually kind of like them but not all that well,
>>>>> maybe
>>>>> because I have to unwrap them all and that's a pain.
>>>>>
>>>>> So I find if I want a taste of chocolate, I can eat one of these
>>>>> things.
>>>>> And I can stop with just one. And they don't mess with my GERD.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Julie, soon as i see 'whipped' i have to ask
>>>>
>>>> what are the trans-fat levels in these chocolates?
>>>>
>>>> kate
>>>
>>> Doesn't say, do you have to declare it in the US?
>>> http://www.hersheys.com/kisses/produ...r-delight.aspx
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>> I don't think we have to declare it. Some manufacturers will say "no
>> trans-fats" but it is a meaningless declaration because if it is under a
>> certain amount per serving they can call it that.

Correction - any polyunsaturated fat heated to a certain temperature
changes to about 50% or more trans-fats. Saturated fats do not,
because they do not have the type of links that can change to make
them trans-fats. I'm not sure about monounsaturated fats.