Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've come a long way from the 70s and 80s, when all fat was considered bad for us. Today, we know that many fats, including those ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've all heard the terms "trans fat" and "hydrogenated fat," and the vast majority of us now they should be on our personal "do ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Two Purdue University researchers have developed a hydrogenation process that could solidify soybean oil for food processing without creating trans fats, which have been linked ...

I continue to be amazed at the pace at which nutrition science continues to evolve — and get more complicated. Along with that thought comes this question from David P in Tucson, Arizona: “Dear ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a direct final rule on August 9 to solidify the agency’s June 2015 determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) are no longer “generally ...

Improvements to the techniques used to hydrogenate vegetable oils could soon fill store shelves with packaged foods containing reduced quantities of unhealthful trans fats. Increasing the gas pressure ...

With the June 18 deadline to drop partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) fast approaching, most food manufacturers have found alternatives, from palm oil, to liquid oils blended with palm fractions. But R ...

Oils and fats that provide the taste and food qualities while providing a rich source of the ‘good’ fats is an ongoing issue that has resulted in a range of oils that have laid claim to being the ...

Olive oil is routinely ranked by consumers as the healthiest fat, says Cargill. But other oils also high in healthy mono- and poly-unsaturated fats – soybean, corn, and canola oil – all rank lower ...

Maintaining heart health has become a top priority as everyday eating habits directly influence cardiovascular risks. Diets high in certain unhealthy fats can elevate bad cholesterol levels, leading ...