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AUSTRIAN TRANS FATTY ACIDS REGULATION

AUSTRIAN TRANS FATTY ACIDS REGULATION. NUTRITION FACTS *. Increasing scientific evidence of harmul effects of TFA on health especially on the risk of coronary heart disease (CVD)

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AUSTRIAN TRANS FATTY ACIDS REGULATION

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  1. AUSTRIAN TRANS FATTY ACIDS REGULATION

  2. NUTRITION FACTS* • Increasingscientificevidenceofharmuleffects of TFA on health • especially on the risk of coronaryheartdisease (CVD) • TFA consumptionisassociated with a higherrisk for CVD than the consumption of saturatedfattyacids • Lack of evidence for anybeneficialeffects on health THEREFORE.... Industrial TFA (I-TFA) weregraduallyreduced in the USA and Western Europe due tosocietalpressure and legislative measures! * STENDER et al., N Engl J Med, 2009

  3. RECOMMENDATIONS* Adults: < 3 g/day Children: < 1,5 g/day INTAKE IN AUSTRIA** Trainees: 2 – 11,5 g/day As „High Consumers“ atparticularrisk! *Source: WHO/Int.+ Europ. Nutrition Associations **Source: Austrian Nutrition Report 2008

  4. SOURCES • Convenience Products • Fast Food (e.g. frenchfries) • Bakery (e.g. puff pastry, biscuits, wafers) • Sweet spreads • Snacks • Popcorn I-TFA areavoidable in all products!

  5. SITUATION IN AUSTRIA PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL TFA REGULATION Results of the marketcontrolaction 2008 • 115 Samples – 15 for eachprovince • Bakeryproducts (doughnuts, puff pastry), French fries 42% of the sampleshad a TFA-contentabove 2%! Introduction of food labelling/legislative limitsseemednecessary!

  6. AUSTRIAN TRANS FATTY ACIDS REGULATION TFA contentunder... ... 2% in fats & oilsgenerally ... 4% in processedfoodwith a total fatcontentbelow 20% ... 10% in processedfoodwith a total fatcontentbelow 3%

  7. SITUATION IN AUSTRIA AFTER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL TFA REGULATION Resultsof a marketcontrolaction 2013 • 93 samples • Bakery (doughnuts, puff pastry), popcorn, sweetspreads NO product with a TFA Content above 2% I-TFA arenolonger a problem!

  8. CONTENT OF TRANS FATTY ACIDS IN DIFFERENT PRODUCTS Doughnuts Danish & puff pastry

  9. CONCLUSION • Significantdrop out of I-TFA in products on the Austrian market • Results of the regularlymarketcontrolactionhadshownthatNOproductcontainsmorethan 2 g/100 g I-TFA • Nosignificantincrease of saturatedfattyacidthrough the reduction of I-TFA • The datashowthat the Austrian TFA Regulation is a story of sucesstowardsconsumerprotection

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