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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Trans fat and hydrogenated are the answer.  They're the bad guys, or so
"they" say.  I don't like the idea of playing games with stuff and it's why
I won't buy lard anymore either since it is now hydrogenated.  I also don't
like soybeans and cottonseed (high in pesticides, GMOs, etc.).  So, for most 
things I simply use butter.  Once in a blue I'll get an urge to make 
something with shortning and that's when I buy the Spectrum.

Lynda
Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers
so we can identify their corporate sponsors.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>

> The concern here is heart healthiness...
> I like comparing products.  I compared my mayo to theirs,,,,mine
> actually came up better, and Lynda, I am a dyed in the wool Dukes
> (Sauers) mayo person.  MMMMM...
>
> The shortening...
>
> I'm comparing it to Butter flavored Crisco from my kitchen...
>
> Crisco label
>
> Cal 110  Fat Cal 110
> Total fat 12g
> Sat fat 3g
> Trans Fat 1.5g
> Polyunsat fat 3g
> Monounsat fat 4g
> Vit A 4% from addition of Beta Carotene in butter flavored
> Vit E 15%
>
> Partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil
>
> Manufactured by JM Smucker Co.
>
> Smuckers also apparently has a Smucker's Baking Healthy product that is
> part oil and part shortening, but I haven't found the info on that
> yet...should be an interesting comparison.
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Spectrum Nutritional Info
>
> Cal 110   Fat cal 110
> Fat 13
> Sat 6
> Trans Fat 0g
> Poly 2g
> Mono 5g
> Chol
>
> No Beta carotene therefore no Vit A or Vit E???
> Palm oil is usually red because of beta carotene, and contains
> tocotrienal, so I do not understand why this product would not contain
> Vit A or Vit E?  Why would they remove those chemicals?
>
> Organic palm oil
>
> manufactured Spectrum Organics
> $7 for 24 oz

> A couple of years ago there was something about palm oil plantations and
> rainforest destruction...can't remember the details, but I recall that
> the loss of rainforests was blamed on the US love of fried foods.
>
> I don't know what I am missing, but this shortening doesn't seem
> healthier to me.