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Trans fats amending the new EU regulation
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1. The trans fats
Trans fatty acid isomers, also known as trans fats, are a type of unsaturated fatty acids with a specific chemical structure. They have unconnected double bonds in their trans configuration in their chain. What is this mysterious name? So the chemical molecules differ from each other not only in what atoms they are composed of, but also in their spatial structure. Particles made up of exactly the same atoms can have significantly different properties. These differences result from the way the atoms are arranged.2. Trans fats have an effect on your health
Dietitians' opinions on the effects of different food ingredients are divided, but there seems to be no current trend in the diet in which the harmful effects of trans fats on human health have not been observed. They are particularly dangerous for the circulatory system. They increase the level of the damaging cholesterol fraction (LDL) and lower the HDL fraction, the so-called good cholesterol.3. Trans fats are present
Trans fats occur naturally in animal products milk, butter, fatty cheeses, creams and meat of animals chewing cows and sheep. However, their content is small, usually not exceeding 5% of all the lipids in the product. A much larger problem is industrial fats, i.e. those best produced artificially in the process described above. The worst effects on human health are partially hardened fats. These are precisely the sources of dangerous isomers. Therefore, trans fats should not contain the double bonds of the manufacturers of these products, so they are safer for the manufacture of other ingredients.4. (. ) vegetable oils (coconut, sunflower) (..)
Partically curdled palm oil (.)5. (ii) vegetable oils (palm, sunflower oil in varying proportions)
Margarine for baking1. (.) Vegetable oil, partially hydrogenated (.)6. (c) butter (..)
Vegetable oils (palm, coconut, partially curdled: palm oil) (.)7. (%) vegetable fat (palm), sunflower oil (..)
Waffles in chocolate1.. partially hardened vegetable fats (wrapped and palm).8. (c) palm oil (..)
Soup in powder1. () Palm fat partially hardened (.) Researchers from the Institute of Food and Nutrition examined the products available on the Polish market in terms of the content of trans isomers.9. What changes the regulations?
The European Union Regulation establishes a maximum content of trans fat isomers of 2 g per 100 g of products. This means that a large number of products will have to disappear from the shelves of the stores. Producers will need to replace partially hardened fats with healthier counterparts. This may be linked to an increase in the prices of these products. When setting the trans fat content limit, the European Commission relied, inter alia, on a 2003 WHO report. It stated that the consumption of trans fats should be as low as possible.
