In fact, the reduced-trans-fat cake actually edged out the margarine cake as the winner.
It doesn't make sense to me that the trans-fat ban is legal, and they struck this down.
But the truth is, the fast-food giant has already been cooking with trans-fat free oil in about 1, 200 test restaurants nationwide.
No doubt investors will carefully gauge consumer reaction to the switch to trans-fat free oil, particularly on the taste on its signature fries.
Yet because anti-trans-fat researchers have done a great job of public relations, their preferences are allowed to trump common sense and plain old goodwill toward fellow human beings.
While the Board of Health did approve the trans-fat ban, the City Council later voted 47-1 to incorporate the ban into the administrative code, providing express legislative approval of the board's actions.
Nutritional data for the Big Mac--560 calories and 1.5 grams of trans fat--and double cheeseburger--460 calories and 1.5 grams of trans fat--were accurate, but French fry data differed markedly.
Even more desperate now that the Food and Drug Administration is expected, as early as this year, to require food makers to add artery-choking trans fat--found in dairy, meats, cookies and fried foods--to labels spelling out nutrition facts.
PepsiCo is not broadcasting the fact that its new line is trans fat-free.
Still, while favorite fair confections will no longer be fried in trans fat, deep-fried candy bars and their ilk will continue to be packed with belly-expanding calories.
"Some chocolate bars are high in saturated fat or partially hydrogenated fats - trans fats - which may increase inflammation, possibly contributing to inflammatory acne, " she says, adding that this theory has not yet been proved.
The burger giant corrected a labeling error Wednesday, acknowledging that the trans fat content of its large fries was one-third higher--8 grams rather than 6 grams.
Now the company plans to cut the trans-fatty acids in its fries by 48% and saturated fat by 16%.
In its own way, Indiana is following New York City and those fast-food chains that are attempting to phase out trans fat from cooking oils.
The first part of the study, not surprisingly, concludes that calories, saturated fat, trans fat, and sodium should be included in any effective front-of-package label.
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Trans fat chance: There's something about stepping into the air-conditioned domicile of fast-food joints like Wendy's International that incites a twinge in the consumer conscience about healthy eating.
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