Decoding the No Trans Fat Craze

It seems like every food manufacturing company is jumping on the band wagon with the "no trans fats" labeling. Sounds healthy, right? The truth is that these labels can be misleading to the general consumer who does not know what this means. Trans fats are the bad fats which are man made in which chemical bonds of a vegetable oil, normally liquid at room temperature are changed so it becomes solid at room temperature and more shelf stable. The fats become chemical bonds which become twisted hence the name "trans."