Re: Low trans-fat soybean

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:Message: 54639 From: Sagehill Received: Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:11 AM

:Subject: Low trans-fat soybean

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:Monsanto strikes again! This post just came in from my county extension

:agent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought transfats were natural fats

:that were somehow mechanically altered by heating, etc. This article

:implies that transfats occur naturally??

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The new soybeans are lower in the omega-3 oils but HIGHER in

the omega-6 oils. Omega-6 oils are less prone to rancidity and

will require less or no hydrogenation. That's the only way they

can say the finished processed oil will have fewer transfats. The

natural soybean oil has zero transfat before hydrogenation.

Those types of articles seem to be written for the SAB (standard

American brain) instead of presenting truth clearly. So if these are

the " new and improved " soybeans then what are the current

varities of soybeans, " old and sucky " ?

Darrell

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In a message dated 9/13/04 9:09:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

sagehill@... writes:

Monsanto strikes again! This post just came in from my county extension

agent. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought transfats were natural fats

that were somehow mechanically altered by heating, etc. This article

implies that transfats occur naturally??

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~~~~>Trans fats do occur naturally, in small quantities, but this author has

no idea what he's talking about. Linolenic acid is not a trans fat. In the

first paragraph, what they were getting at is that a lower pufa oil has less of

a need of hydrogenation, because it is more stable, and hydrogenation is used

to increase shelf life, among other things.

Chris