Chemicals/crisco label
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I have a can of crisco which contains as as its 2nd and 3rd ingredients "fully hydrogenated cottonseed oil" and "partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil" but it lists itself as having 0g of Trans Fat. What gives? I thought this was the definition of Trans Fat.
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Partially hydrogenated equals cis fat plus trans fat plus conjugated partially hydrogenated fat. I suspect in the new Crisco, it is cis fat. Also, look at the FDA pages and see that 0 trans doesn't mean 0.0000. If means less than a certain amount (0.5g) per serving, so there can still be a small amount. See this for more info on fats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat
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