• Trans Fats are officially banned in the US, starting 2018
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[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48005928] Not sure why it's the government's job to watch what I eat, they sure as shit ain't paying for my healthcare.[/QUOTE] They only inspect like 5% of goods from China so your safety is hardly a concern either.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48005928]RIP buttercream and practically all homemade goods. Basically you can kiss mom and pop bakeries goodbye. Not sure why it's the government's job to watch what I eat, they sure as shit ain't paying for my healthcare.[/QUOTE] Taste will certainly change but bakeries will still exist in the same capacity. The sudden necessity for trans fat free alternatives will (hopefully) mean more options that bakeries and the such can use in place of current ingredients.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48005928]RIP buttercream and practically all homemade goods. Basically you can kiss mom and pop bakeries goodbye. Not sure why it's the government's job to watch what I eat, they sure as shit ain't paying for my healthcare.[/QUOTE] This just means people will have to use butter and lard instead of margarine and shortening.
[QUOTE=1legmidget;48006212]This just means people will have to use butter and lard instead of margarine and shortening.[/QUOTE] Does margarine mean something different in the US? I keep seeing it brought up in regards to this trans fats thing, but here margarine is almost all made from non-hydrogenated vegetable oils and doesn't have any trans fat. (Well, less than .1g per serving)
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48005832]So what foods would this exactly affect?[/QUOTE] Mostly fast food and processed food like soup, some sauces, cookies, donuts (and most industrial baking) , frozen pizzas and pasta, snaks, popcorn, Ice cream... pretty much everything that was considered unhealthy previously
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48005928]RIP buttercream and practically all homemade goods. Basically you can kiss mom and pop bakeries goodbye. Not sure why it's the government's job to watch what I eat, they sure as shit ain't paying for my healthcare.[/QUOTE] Those kind of bakeries existed before trans fats were used, and will after all trans fats are banned.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48005928]RIP buttercream and practically all homemade goods. Basically you can kiss mom and pop bakeries goodbye. Not sure why it's the government's job to watch what I eat, they sure as shit ain't paying for my healthcare.[/QUOTE] That's pretty much the opposite of what's going to happen, trans fats are primarily used as preservatives and also occur as a result of using certain uncommon cooking oils. This is going to affect big packaged food companies.
[QUOTE=Tureis;48005122]Just go back to saturated fat which trans fat was used to replace?[/QUOTE] Wise advice from your friendly neighborhood Jolee Bindo.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;48006221]Does margarine mean something different in the US? I keep seeing it brought up in regards to this trans fats thing, but here margarine is almost all made from non-hydrogenated vegetable oils and doesn't have any trans fat. (Well, less than .1g per serving)[/QUOTE] Doesn't even the lightest of the lightest of margarines have some amount of trans fats? I feel it's kinda a requisite
[QUOTE=Tone Float;48007082]Doesn't even the lightest of the lightest of margarines have some amount of trans fats? I feel it's kinda a requisite[/QUOTE] Anything over a tenth of a gram per serving needs to be indicated on the labels, so it could have anything up to that amount and still list no trans fats. But even regular (non-light) tub margarines here have that amount. I can't speak to the blocks of margarine though, since I haven't even seen those for sale anywhere in years. It's mostly Becel, Imperial, and store brand spreadable margarine in tubs.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;48005832]So what foods would this exactly affect?[/QUOTE] Chips Cakes anything with icing or cream still made in the us or mexico Cooking oils Margarine pretty much anything made in the snack aisle by doritos or lays or wise anything battered in the frozen aisle some "chinese" food (pf chang's, taste of asia, etc) The entire menu at mcdonald's and burger king
After McDonald's and KFC removed trans fat from their menus (as much as reasonable anyway) here all the food actually started tasting a lot better. Do non-hydrogenated cooking oils fry better? [editline]19th June 2015[/editline] I looked it up, apparently most American fast food places have changed their oils as well.
-snop, got it backwards-
[QUOTE=joes33431;48005475]more of a transatlantic myself[/QUOTE] hey now im actually atlantique so please stop appropriating my culture thanks atlantique culture is not here so you pacifiques can come in and steal it
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48005928]RIP buttercream and practically all homemade goods. Basically you can kiss mom and pop bakeries goodbye. Not sure why it's the government's job to watch what I eat, they sure as shit ain't paying for my healthcare.[/QUOTE] Uh I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I work at an artisan bakery and if there are any trans fats in any of your goods then you are literally no better than hostess in quality lol Trans fats are only a big deal if you rely on store-aisle frostings or margarine, which no baker who isn't hostess/wonderbread (and therefore desire infinite shelf life) should ever use. Trans fats are used because they extend shelf life into months and hold shape for processed foods (like icings) during that time. They are also cheaper than alternatives. Even if you fry food/donuts/whatever, only the lowest quality of oil you can get on the market has trans fats in it. You have to seriously penny pinch to stoop that low, which only makes sense for "bakeries" that produce on a very large/massive scale... aka low quality grocery isle brands.
sorry if I'm being stupid, but will this affect the taste of food too? I dunno much about this type of stuff
I concede my first point. Still stand by my second.
I am transfat. I identify as fat but I am not fat.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48008335]I concede my first point. Still stand by my second.[/QUOTE] Because it's the government's job to protect it's people. Transfat is something that many corporations utilize to cut costs at the detriment of the customers. Should the people be more educated on this? Of course, but it's the government's job to protect them no matter how ignorant they are.
[QUOTE=Levelog;48008621]Because it's the government's job to protect it's people. Transfat is something that many corporations utilize to cut costs at the detriment of the customers. Should the people be more educated on this? Of course, but it's the government's job to protect them no matter how ignorant they are.[/QUOTE] People will still hurt themselves no matter the regulations. As the saying goes: "Can't fix stupid."
Why revoke transfats but not cigarettes? When is the last time transfats alone gave you cancer?
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;48006047]They only inspect like 5% of goods from China so your safety is hardly a concern either.[/QUOTE] Got a fucking tape measure at work for Christmas one year. Fucking thing was made in China and the box said "May contain lead". A FUCKING. TAPE MEASURE. "MAY CONTAIN LEAD".
So, will my favorite food of all time be affected? I fucking love ramen noodles, please don't take it away obongo
Yesssss, bring back the saturated fats.
what will this mean for my ice cream
[QUOTE=lope;48010885]what will this mean for my ice cream[/QUOTE] Shouldn't mean anything as it shouldn't have trans fats in the first place.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;48005928]Not sure why it's the government's job to watch what I eat, they sure as shit ain't paying for my healthcare.[/QUOTE] Oh don't worry about not being able to eat transfats, there won't be laws against that. What's going to change is its classification from "food ingredient" to "poison" seeing as how the former is a misnomer. That way it'll be treated like other poisons like bleach and as such won't inexplicably make its way into food again. Feel free to continue eating transfats, bleach, chlorine, etc.
Is it bad that I thought this initially had something to do with Tumblr and their SJW's?
Who cares about margarine anyways... It's shit why not use butter or olive oil? It's basically a chemically produced overpriced butter for obese people which in reality doesen't make a damn difference if you lose weight or not because it has the same calories per unit weight but is only much more unhealty. :)
If it makes american bread stop tasting like stale shit (unless it's from Trader Joes or Canyon Market) then good.
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