On 9/12/2011 4:56 PM, Robert Miles wrote:
> On 9/12/2011 4:38 PM, Ozgirl wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Robert Miles" > wrote in message
>> .com...
>>> 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
>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Tiger > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>
>> Its my belief that only happens with re-used oil not once off fresh oil.
>
> I would expect it to happen more with re-used oil, since it has
> been exposed to heat more than once, but still happen somewhat
> the first time the oil is used.

Wasn't there something about the smoke point of the oil being
used......... in that if the oil has reached the smoke point, it now has
changed and should be avoided? iirc?

kate