Trans fatty acids content of vegetable oil spreads and margarines in the USA (LB385)

Historically vegetable oils spreads and margarines (“spreads”) contained significant amounts of trans fatty acids (TFAs) from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (PHVOs). Our goal was to survey the US marketplace and determine the amount of TFAs and the use of PHVOs in spreads. We sampled 43 sprea... View More