Trans fats...how?...why??

[micki641]

I just started paying closer attention to food labels.....
I love my bunless cheeseburgers........ My box of frozen 1/3 lb patties (Black Angus Chuck) says that there is 1.5 grams of Trans Fats per patty... How?.... Why? ..Should I be concerned? Are there trans fats in all beef burgers .......

Michelle

[Margot 65]

Yes, meat and dairy do contain small trace amounts of natural trans fats, they are perfectly safe (because they are not man made fats)

As long as there is nothing added to the beef, you are OK

[fawn]

Hi Michelle. If there are no added hydrogenated vegetable oils, this is a naturally occuring trans. The only naturally occuring are in beef/dairy. It's actually known as CLA or conjugated linoleic acid a good for you EFA.

Man made trans fats are the killers. So the big flaw is that we as a society are just trained to go by the nutrition label rather than reading the ingredients.

You must not be in the US if those burgers show a trans fat count without hydrogenation added. Canada perhaps?

[Margot 65]

Here is some information to ease your mind:

" Naturally occurring trans fats

Some trans fatty acids occur naturally in the digestive system of ruminant animals such as cows, sheep and goats. Some trans fatty acids are therefore present in meat, milk and other dairy produce. These are mostly C18 monounsaturated trans fatty acids, principally (almost half) vaccenic acid.

According to the The US Department of Agriculture, these trans fats make up 15 to 20 percent of the total trans fat intake in our diet. Others believe that these natural trans fats occur at much lower levels. According to Fran McCullough, author of The Good Fat Cookbook, these natural trans fats occur at "minute" levels, and our total intake of trans fats has increased by 25 times over the introduction of hydrogenated vegetable oils.

Most importantly, however, the naturally occurring trans fats have not, as they occur in animal fats, been shown to share the harmful properties of the synthetic trans fat resulting from hydrogenation. This does not mean that all the trans fatty acids are in themselves harmless, but that any harmful effect is limited and balanced by the beneficial effects of, for example, trans isomers of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) which are health-promoting with specific roles to play in our bodies. Also vaccenic acid, the main 'natural' trans fatty acid, can be metabolised by humans to CLA. "

tfX: Natural trans fats.

[Margot 65]

LOL yes it sounds like a Canadian label Fawn!

Would the US ever consider putting that .5 in there? Probably not!

[micki641]

Originally Posted by fawn

Hi Michelle. If there are no added hydrogenated vegetable oils, this is a naturally occuring trans. The only naturally occuring are in beef/dairy. It's actually known as CLA or conjugated linoleic acid a good for you EFA.

Man made trans fats are the killers. So the big flaw is that we as a society are just trained to go by the nutrition label rather than reading the ingredients.

You must not be in the US if those burgers show a trans fat count without hydrogenation added. Canada perhaps?

No Fawn, I'm in Connecticut and I cannot find an ingredient list on the packaging. The missing ingredient list is what really got me concerned...

[fawn]

hmmm
what brand?

[micki641]

Big Y Black Angus Chuck Beef Burgers......

[Margot 65]

o/t but micki your furkids are adorable!!!! The bigger one looks a lot like my Diesel dog

[fawn]

I googled these and could not find them. Is Big Y the brand or the store?

[Margot 65]

Do they say 100% pure beef anywhere?

If they do, then there could very well be nothing added? I mean they would have to provide an ingredient list by law right?

But then there is the Jello pudding pops brilliant way of listing their nutritional content.

Photos: There's Apparently Not Enough Room For Jell-O Pudding Pops Nutritional Information

[micki641]

Originally Posted by fawn

I googled these and could not find them. Is Big Y the brand or the store?

Big Y is the store and, nowhere on the packaging does it say 100% beef.....just 100% guarantee....in very small lettering...This just doesn't seem legit in the U.S. as far as labeling and packaging......I'm also disappointed because they taste sooo good....I was eating one or two a day......

[fawn]

so what's the brand micki?

[micki641]

Originally Posted by Prozak

o/t but micki your furkids are adorable!!!! The bigger one looks a lot like my Diesel dog

Thank you....on the left is "Sky" a Rhodesian Ridgeback and on the right is "Cichy", a "who knows what"...16 lb bundle of energy....
Diesel is a great name....what kind of dog is he? I have no kids, so my fur babys definately benefit....

Michelle

[Margot 65]

Diesel is a rottie/GSD cross..





A Rhodesian is #1 on my list of breeds if I were to be breed shopping. Sky is gorgeous and your Cichy: whoknowswhat appears to be the one wearing the pants in that duo, he just has a look about him (her?)

As for the beef, I am suspect of something that tastes that good right out of the package.. is it packaged right there in the store? If so I would call and ask.. I know my meat dept likes to do their 'own thing' with a lot of their meats, and they will bread them and add spices etc. and not spell out exactly what is in them.

[cyberus]

Originally Posted by micki641

Big Y is the store and, nowhere on the packaging does it say 100% beef.....just 100% guarantee....in very small lettering...This just doesn't seem legit in the U.S. as far as labeling and packaging......I'm also disappointed because they taste sooo good....I was eating one or two a day......

OK

Big Y Black Angus Chuck Beef Burgers

Big Y is the store leaving ...

Black Angus Chuck Beef Burgers

Burgers is the form so we have ...

Black Angus Chuck Beef

Which by law means that the burgers must contain 100% ground chuck from the bovine breed known as Black Angus.

Ingredient listing isn't required for unadulterated meats that have the content type on the label, this is no different than going to the meat counter and picking up a package of "Big Y T-Bone Steak"