Can margarine be trans fat free?

According to the Harvard Health Letter, the saturated fat in butter aggressively raises level of LDL, or bad, cholesterol, which clogs arteries and can lead to a heart ... The FDA allows margarine labeled “no trans fat” or “trans fat free” to contain 0. read more

The FDA allows margarine labeled “no trans fat” or “trans fat free” to contain 0.5 gram of trans fat, but this amount is better than the 3 grams of trans fats in stick margarine and far superior to butter packed with saturated fat and cholesterol. read more

True – there are no trans fats, the nasties linked to heart disease. Instead we have a new type of chemically constructed fat. Studies have been done on this new fat and the evidence is mixed. Some studies show it does not cause an increase in cholesterol like trans fats. read more

Trans fat is a man-made saturated fat in which a food manufacturer takes an unsaturated fat and blasts it with hydrogen atoms to make it into a saturated fat. It is the worst of all fats and the most artery-clogging of all. Since margarine has this trans fat in it that butter does not, it earns the spot of least heart healthy. read more