0 a type of fat found in meat, eggs, milk, cheese, etc. that is thought to be bad for your health: --
Messages such as low fat, percentage fat free, low in saturated fat, and others in the same vein leave consumers confused and no better informed.
But when it is not burnt up, fat, and particularly saturated fat, causes raised blood cholesterol levels and contributes to coronary heart disease.
We support the prevention group's call for a mandatory format for nutritional labelling which would include saturated fat levels and sugar, fibre and salt content.
Increased snacking, increased consumption of carbonated drinks, and diets that are high in saturated fat may all contribute to increasing obesity rates.
In the absence of an objective definition of what constitutes a high saturated fat content, a detailed reply is not possible.
There are no proposals to label foods treated with pesticides or to itemise their saturated fat and sugar content.
Healthy eating advice is to eat more of the good things and less fat, saturated fat and salt.
They contain far too much saturated fat, sugar and salt and too little essential—that is polyunsaturated—fats, fibre, minerals and vitamins.
