The nation’s food companies are stirring up new recipes for everything from Oreos to SpaghettiOs to get rid of trans fat, the artery-clogging ingredient that must be listed on food labels next year.

A major change in the national diet is under way: Heart-damaging trans fat is rapidly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant food, too. But are its replacements really healthier? It’s a ...

ATLANTA Chick-fil-A said it has eliminated artificial trans fats from its entire menu after two years of working with supply partners. The 1,400-unit quick-service chain said core menu items such as ...

CANTON Mass. After reformulating 50 menu items and testing 28 cooking oils, Dunkin’ Donuts said it would complete a nationwide switch to a trans-fat-free oil blend for all its foods by Oct. 15. A ...

The New York City Health Board holds a public hearing on its plan to ban anything more than tiny amounts of trans fats at the city's 20,000 restaurants. New York would become the first large American ...

Trans fat is the unhealthiest fat because it lowers your good cholesterol and boosts bad cholesterol. If a food has less than 0.5 grams of trans fat, manufacturers can list it as 0 g on nutrition ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many snack foods and spreads on the market are now free of artery-clogging trans fat, but consumers still need to be savvy label-readers, according to researchers. Sign up ...

US food maker Kraft has announced the launch of three new varieties of its Oreo cookies that contain zero grams of trans fat per serving. Kraft Foods’ biscuit division said the new products include a ...

Unilever US has announced that it has converted its Shedd's Spread Country Crock regular and Country Crock Churn Style soft spreads to trans-fat-free formulations. The company, which completed the ...

TOKYO, June 8 (Reuters) - Burger King, the world's No.2 hamburger chain, sees a trans fat-free fastfood industry by the end of 2008 if oil supply holds, CEO John Chidsey said on Friday. "We have found ...