Originally published June 22 2005
UK's largest frozen cake and bread maker removes trans fats from entire product line
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Industry website bakeryandsnacks.com reports that BakeMark, the UK's largest supplier of bakery ingredients and frozen bread products has chosen to make all of their products free of hydrogenated oils.
The subsidiary of baking ingredients firm CSM has already launched low trans-fat reformulations of some of its products, and aims to eliminate the fat group from all of its products by the end of 2005.
The company claims to be the first of its kind to eliminate trans fatty acids (TFAs) from its entire product range, maintaining that the decision comes in anticipation of a move by the industry as a whole away from trans-fat.
"Our proactive decision to invest in these developments has been supported by increasing customer requests for non-hydro products.
We are confident, therefore, that this is the right move for both customers and consumers," said Kerrie Hampson, BakeMark UK's head of marketing.
There has been mounting evidence to suggest that TFAs raise LDL (bad) cholesterol levels, causing the arteries to become more rigid and clogged.
An increase in LDL cholesterol levels can lead to heart disease, the number one global killer.
Non-hydrogenated products already introduced by BakeMark UK include frying oils, bread and cake mixes, doughnuts and cookies.
By the end of the year, the company's entire product range will have switched to no or low trans fat, with the exception of its Craigmillar bakery fats range.
This will exist in two formulas- the regular, and the low trans fat, in order to allow customers to experiment with the ingredient in their products.
BakeMark UK may be the first to conduct such a full-scale change in its product range, but food makers in general are now being increasingly encouraged by consumer groups and national governments to hunt for alternatives to TFAs: and new regulations are propelling them to do so.
Oils and fats are now forbidden on the Danish market if they contain trans fatty acids exceeding 2 per cent, a move that effectively bans partially hydrogenated oils.
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