Many Atlanta Restaurants Take Trans Fats Off The Menu
The FDA is about to decide how to regulate trans fat, which clogs arteries.
“The problem with trans fat is it kills,” said Jim O’Hara with the advocacy organization the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “Trans needs to be eliminated even more.”
Many restaurants have already phased out trans fat, but not all.
“It’s not as though the rug’s getting pulled out from under us,” said Joy Dubost, senior director of nutrition at the National Restaurant Association.
If you’re trying to avoid trans fat, first the good news. Chick-Fil-A doesn’t have trans fat. And the oil the Varsity uses doesn’t have any either.
Other Atlanta-based chains do use it. Many Arby’s sandwiches have it. And Krystal’s beef patties and breakfast biscuits contain partially hydrogenated oil – which is the source of trans fat in food.
Right now, the FDA allows foods to be labeled trans fat-free, even if they have up to half a gram of trans fat.
The agency is expected to come out with a rule in the next week or so that could nearly ban trans fat.
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