KFC Canada cuts trans and sats by choosing canola - Only in Canada you say? Pity ... North of the 49th parallel you can get your Kentucky Fried Chicken cooked in canola oil. KFC Canada announced it is beginning immediately to switch its frying oil to 100% canola with all its Canadian outlets using THE healthy oil by early next year.
Early in 2007, almost the entire KFC Canada menu will contain zero grams of trans fat. According to KFC Canada, the oil change will decrease saturated fat content by an average of 40%.
South of the border, KFC will use low linolenic soybean oil in its U.S. outlets. The change in all 5,500 outlets will be complete by April 2007.
Well, maybe not only in Canada ... According to news reports, McDonald's is increasing its presence in Israel, and all its Israeli restaurants will use canola oil.
Down with trans fat Down Under - Australians may consume four times less trans fat than Americans, but the government of oz has decided to collaborate with industry to reduce trans fat in Australian food. The National Collaboration on trans Fat will have input from the National Heart Foundation of Australia, the Dietitians Association of Australia, the Australian Food and Grocery Council and Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).
FSANZ is assessing trans fat intake by Australians and New Zealanders and it will use the results, due out next May, to make its recommendations. It is considering whether to allow a health claim that a food is "low in trans fatty acids and saturated fat which can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease" when a new regulation on health claims is introduced next year.
Canadians consuming less fat - According to Statistics Canada, Canadians are not only eating less butter and margarine, but they are also cutting their consumption of salad and cooking oils. The average consumption of fats dropped 0.3 kg from 21.7 kg in 2004 to 21.4 kg in 2005. Fat consumption peaked in 1998 at 22.4 kg per person.
Canola coverage continues - Media coverage of the health benefits of canola oil continues in the wake of the FDA's announcement of a qualified health claim for canola oil. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's health guru, is the latest pundit to single out canola oil in the international media for its heart healthiness. The Food Network's Food Hunter has also jumped on the bandwagon, and his show featured at least one segment with canola oil in the past few weeks.
The FDA announced October 6 that it had authorized a qualified health claim for canola oil based on its ability to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease due to its unsaturated fat content.
Grocery shoppers can find canola recipes in store - Clueless as to what to serve tonight, or even what to pick up at the grocery store? Find CanolaInfo recipes featuring canola oil at www.shoptocook.com. Shop to cook.com kiosks can be found in grocery stores in the U.S. where customers can get ideas for dinner with a click of the mouse. A number of those recipes have been supplied by CanolaInfo, and feature - what else? - canola oil.
Canola Council joins in letter to CBC - The Canola Council has added its support to a letter from CropLife Canada to the executive producer of CBC Television's The National. The letter challenges a story that appeared on the program September 25. The story, "Genetically modified foods, who knows how safe they are?", by reporter Kelly Crowe, fell short of the CBC's standards of accuracy and fairness as published in the network's Journalistic Principles, says CropLife and five other organizations. The group also includes the Canadian Seed Trade Association, the Canadian Canola Growers Association, the Grain Growers of Canada, AgWest Biotech and Ontario Agri-Food Technologies. To view a copy of the letter, go to the CSTA website: www.cdnseed.org
Canola projects receive kudos from Canadian Agri Marketing Association - Two Canola Council PR projects were named finalists in the 2006 Best of CAMA awards held November 2 in Winnipeg, MB. Congratulations to Canola Digest, the only English-language finalist in the category for association publications, and to BCG Communications, which created the Canola Council's initial biodiesel campaign, a finalist in the public relations category for corporate image campaigns. The Best in Show winner for public relations went to AdFarm, for its Nexera canola event held in New York in conjunction with the Canola Council's 2006 convention.
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