On 3/3/2004 12:09 PM, Peggy Sullivan wrote:
> 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

Right. That's why I e-mailed them. It says 0 but I think that it means
"less than 1." I wanted to confirm that. Anyway, I like natural peanut
butter and it is readily available so that is what I get. It was more a
curiosity thing that anything.

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jmk in NC