Cargill rolls out PHO-free shortening that gives bakers a smoother, creamier, more temperature tolerant product

Cargill has created a new palm shortening line designed to meet a range of challenges bakers face daily. Read more

Food and beverage giants pledge to cut trans fats to below 1g per 100g by 2018

Global food and drinks businesses including General Mills, Kellogg, Mars, Nestl and Unilever have pledged to reduce trans fatty acids to nutritionally insignificant levels by the end of 2018. Read more

Cargill offers soy lecithin as alternative to emulsifiers that may contain PHO

Cargill has launched a soy lecithin free from partially hydrogenated oils (PHO) as an alternative to monoglycerides and DATEM. Read more

 AAK to scale up production of PHO-free and plant-based ingredients for bakeries

AAK is opening a new innovation center in Richmond, California, later this year, to focus on increasing production of partially hydrogenated oil-free and plant-based ingredients. Read more

No cereal offender: General Mills seeks dismissal of frivolous PHO-based lawsuit

General Mills is back in court facing its third federal trans fat class action lawsuit by plaintiff Troy Backus. Read more

Fat chance: Judge again dismisses trans fat action against ConAgra

The putative class action against ConAgra alleging its Crunch n Munch popcorn violates Californias unfair competition law by containing artificial trans fat has again been dismissed. Read more