Salad Dressings and Mayonnaise are Naturally Trans Fat Free
To help educate consumers about trans fat, the Association has developed an educational document on their Web site, www.dressings-sauces.org, to answer some of the most often asked questions.
What are trans fats?
Trans fats are unsaturated fatty acids formed when vegetable oils are processed to make them more solid or more stable. This processing is called hydrogenation. Trans fats also occur naturally in low amounts in some foods.
Do salad dressings contain trans fat?
Trans fats are not found in mayonnaise or the vast majority of salad dressings. Liquid vegetable oils that are not partially hydrogenated are a primary ingredient in salad dressings, such as soybean, canola, corn, olive, safflower and sunflower oils. Most liquid vegetable oils are naturally lower in saturated fats and are trans-fat free. Other ingredients used in some salad dressings contribute only miniscule, if any, amounts of trans fats. So load up on healthy salads and sandwiches this summer and don't hold the dressing or the mayo!
For more information about the good news about salad dressings and mayonnaise, visit the Association for Dressings and Sauces' Web site at www.dressings-sauces.org.
The Association for Dressings and Sauces is an international trade association representing the manufacturers of salad dressings and condiment sauces and the suppliers to that industry.
Source: The Association for Dressings and Sauces