jmk wrote:

> On 3/3/2004 11:09 AM, Peggy Sullivan wrote:
>
>> jmk wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/3/2004 10:47 AM, Peggy Sullivan wrote:
>>>
>>>> jmk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 3/3/2004 10:15 AM, Peggy Sullivan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Sue! This is just the sort of information I was looking for.
>>>>>> I guess it comes down to taste rather than nutrition.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peggy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I dunno about that. My DH pointed this out to me:
>>>>>
>>>>> They say that chocolate is heart healthy in moderation.
>>>>> They say that wine is heart healthy in moderation.
>>>>> They say that coffee isn't bad for you.
>>>>> They say eat as little trans fat as humanly possible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why not take the wine and coffee and chocolate and skip the trans fat?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But there do not really seem to be any trans fats to skip, in Curly
>>>> Sues
>>>> post I read:
>>>>
>>>> "The laboratory found no detectable trans fats in any of the samples,
>>>> with a detection limit of 0.01 percent of the sample weight."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> About one gram per serving (I aske them and I think it as .8 or
>>> something) is not zero, it's still a gram more than is necessary.
>>> It's not as if natural peanut butter is difficult to come by.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Who did you ask?
>
>
> The folks at Skippy. I e-mailed them and they left me a phone message
> that same day.
>
>
>

I'm confused then. I have emailed them myself to see what they have to
say.

If what you say is true then the statement on their web site about
Skippy being a trans fat free food is false and the scientists at the
USDA that did the study described at:

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2001/010612.htm

are badly wrong, as are all the other websites I found that also
refer to the same results.

Perhaps however, the 0.8 grams (or something) is the quantity of
hydrogenated oils added -- almost all of which are not trans fats
according to the USDA study.

Peggy