File:Results of food choices based on different methods for limiting saturated fat intake.pdf

English: Calculating the saturated fat content per 100 g or 100 mL or the reference amount customarily consumed (RACC) shows the saturated fat content of some foods inappropriately. So, making some food choices based on them to limit saturated fat intake may increase the risks of some chronic diseases. Calculating the saturated fat content and determining appropriate saturated fat levels (to limit saturated fat intake) based on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), and the proposed method were performed in 8,252 food items. Making some food choices based on the FDA per serving (the serving is derived from the RACC or 100 g) or CAC per 100 g or 100 mL to limit saturated fat intake exceeded saturated fat needs, which could lead to high LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol concentration in the blood. Some foods that did not exceed saturated fat needs were not appropriate food choices based on the CAC per 100 g or 100 mL to limit saturated fat intake. Some foods were free of, but not low in, saturated fat, based on the FDA per serving or CAC per 100 g or 100 mL. Making food choices based on the proposed method to limit saturated fat intake did not exceed saturated fat needs and the appropriate percentage of energy from saturated fat. Also, foods that did not exceed saturated fat needs were appropriate food choices based on the proposed method to limit saturated fat intake.

Suggested citation: Forouzesh, Abed; Forouzesh, Fatemeh; Samadi Foroushani, Sadegh; Forouzesh, Abolfazl. A new method for calculating saturated fat content and determining appropriate saturated fat levels in foods. SSRN 2022. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4133571