In the ingredient list of packaged food, trans fatty acids often appear in the following identities: hydrogenated vegetable oil, refined vegetable oil, hydrogenated fat, margarine, vegetable butter, margarine, vegetable cream, margarine, creamer, non-dairy creamer, shortening, cocoa butter substitute, etc.

If you see the above name in the food ingredients list, then this food must contain trans fatty acids, and you should give up buying decisively. It is wise to choose foods that do not contain trans fatty acids or have low trans fatty acids content.

Intake standard of trans fatty acids

The recommendation of the World Health Organization is that the daily calories from trans fatty acids should not exceed 1% of the total calories of food (roughly equivalent to 2 grams), and China adopted this target for evaluation. Countries such as Britain and France take 2% as the recommendation standard.

What needs to be pointed out in particular is that this is not a "safety standard", but only a "guiding opinion". It does not mean that it is "harmful" if it exceeds this amount, and "safe" if it falls below this amount, but "the risk brought by it is acceptable". Our goal should also be "as low as possible".