Doughnuts of eight brands contains high level of trans fat

BANGKOK, May 10 (TNA) - Foundation for Consumers found samples of chocolate doughnuts from eight brands contain high level of trans fat, urging the Food and Drug Administration to issue regulations to ban it in food products. Foundation for Consumers secretary-general Saree Ongsomwang disclosed the tests on the amount of trans fat in chocolate doughnuts of 13 brands. Eight of 13 samples were found to contain trans, fat higher than 0.5 gramme per serving size, recommended by the World Health Organization. Eight brands of these chocolate doughnuts are Sublime (5.59 grammes), Foodland (3.04 grammes), Mister Donut (2.86 grammes), Dunkin’s Donuts (2.75 grammes), Tesco Lotus (1.4 grammes), Big C (0.95 gramme), NK Donut (0.86 gramme) and Yamazaki (0.75 gramme). President of the Foundation for Consumers, Assoc Prof Chanpen Wiwat said regular consumption of more than 2.2 grammes of trans fat daily can increase LDL or bad cholesterol and reduce HDL good cholesterol, leading to increasing risk of coronary heart diseases. She said the US has imposed a ban on trans fats in the food, so the foundation called for the Thai Food and Drug Administration to accelerate issuing regulations to ban trans fat in food after it has already drafted the regulation and listened to opinions of the concerned parties. (TNA)