Transfat in frozen organic beef patties? page

[VADogWalker]

Okay, twice in the past month I've bought a package of frozen organic beef patties - one from my Harris Teeter, I think it was Dakota brand or something, and the other from Trader Joes. Upon reading the label I noticed they all have trans fat in them, with the typical amounts of regular/saturated fat. This is confusing to me, why are they adding trans fats to frozen organic beef?

[eKatherine]

It is natural and not unhealthy. It is not added.

[RichMahogany]

It is natural and not unhealthy. It is not added.

Yeah to this.

Trans- refers to a molecular property regarding how a hydrogen atom is connected to a carbon (in this case, in a fatty acid molecule). The other kind would be prefixed cis-.

This type of naturally occuring trans-fat shares a chemical nomenclature with artificially hydrogenated oils, but the former is actually extremely healthful and the latter about as bad for you as you can get.

Someone with a better grasp of organic chemistry will come along and correct any minor incorrect details in there, but that's the general idea.

[sakura_girl]

Trans Fat Is Good For You, But Only If It’s From Meat and Butter: Vaccenic Acid and the Conjugated Linoleic Acids - GNOLLS.ORG

[Paleobird]

Trans Fat Is Good For You, But Only If It’s From Meat and Butter: Vaccenic Acid and the Conjugated Linoleic Acids - GNOLLS.ORG

I adore JS and his goofy hyena hairdo.

[VADogWalker]

Thank you all! Glad to get this cleared up .

[sakura_girl]

I adore JS and his goofy hyena hairdo.

Same As much as his dense, research-backed quotations.