A trans European Union difference in the decline intransfatty acids in popular foods: a market basket investigation

To minimise the intake of industrial trans fatty acids (I-TFA) some countries have introduced labelling, while others have introduced legislative limits on the content of I-TFA in food. However, most countries still rely on food producers to voluntarily reduce the I-TFA content in food. The objective of the present study was to investigate the efficiency of these strategies in the EU.The potential consumption of I-TFA was assessed in a market...