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.
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