Are healthier oils readily available for restaurants to make the switch?
Companies that supply restaurants with cooking oils offer a wide range of replacements appropriate for a variety of specific cooking and baking needs. For frying, restaurants can choose traditional, healthy trans fat-free vegetable oils (such as soy, corn, or canola oils), as well as many new trans fat-free oils made from specific varieties of soybeans, sunflowers, and other grains and seeds. Some of the newer oils have long “fry lives” comparable to those of partially hydrogenated oils. Many reformulated trans fat-free margarines and shortenings are now available, and food manufacturers nationwide have reformulated their products.
