Fats
(asked on 23rd June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of trans-fats consumption on public health.
This question was answered on 29th June 2015
In 2007, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition examined the scientific evidence on trans fats and health. The Committee endorsed the recommendation, made in 1994, that the average trans fat intake of the population should not exceed 2% of food energy.
The most recent National Diet and Nutrition Survey indicates that the United Kingdom’s current average trans fat intakes are about 0.7 - 0.8% of food energy for children and adults.