The oil that replaced the bad trans fat (palm oil) is mostly saturated fat — which is also bad for your heart — so swapping one bad fat for another might not help much.

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Assessment of the Presence of Partially Hydrogenated Oils (PHOs) as a Source of Industrially Produced Trans Fatty Acids (i-TFAs) in Packaged Foods in Poland, Pre- and Post-Implementation of EU Regulation 2019/649

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2025 Mar 18

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Assessment of the Presence of Partially Hydrogenated Oils (PHOs) as a Source of Industrially Produced Trans Fatty Acids (i-TFAs) in Packaged Foods in Poland, Pre- and Post-Implementation of EU Regulation 2019/649

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DOI: 10.3390/nu17061057

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When companies stopped using the bad oil (PHOs), more than half of them switched to palm oil — which is high in saturated fat, another type of fat linked to heart disease.

78%

About one-third of companies that changed their recipes switched to healthier plant oils like sunflower or canola oil instead of palm oil.

74%

Even after removing the bad oil, nearly 4 out of 10 packaged foods still contained palm oil — which is also high in saturated fat — meaning the overall fat profile didn't get much healthier.

71%