Donuts are not health food. Fried pieces of dough covered in sugar or chocolate and, sometimes, filled with jam, donuts are written off by millions everyday as an indulgence. But because they rely so heavily on frying, and as a direct result, on partially hydrogenated oils, donut makers have grown increasingly worried about their futures over the past few years, as trans fats have fallen far from the eye of public favor.
A large number of donut makers have turned to "all natural" recipes and are already using trans-fat free oils for frying. After first seeing the anti trans-fat movement spring up, many shop owners and chefs started to eliminate any and all trans fats from their recipes. Some of the donut makers that use no trans fats include the Doughnut Plant in New York, Mighty-O Donuts and Top Pot Doughnuts in Seattle. Dunkin Donuts is close and has been testing new recipes for two years. More are in the process of converting, helped along by their desire to keep consumers coming in every morning and trying to make their particular brad of deep fried indulgence seem a little less bad for you.
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1-16-2007 @ 1:02PM
Christopher Kallini said...
This trend is precisely why local governments don't need to intrude and begin banning trans-fats. Once enough consumers are educated, which is happening at quite a rapid pace these days, the market will demand these changes on its own.
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1-16-2007 @ 1:49PM
MJ said...
Hope krispy kreme will not change theirs! For shame!
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1-16-2007 @ 1:54PM
FoodieBride said...
I'll take my donuts WITH trans-fats, thank you.
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