Consumer Reports give Favorable Nod to Z Trim


	Consumer Reports give Favorable Nod to Z Trim

rachel923

10-13-2007 11:18 AM

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z trim, fat substitute, low fat

rachel923 says:

I have clipped Z Trim articles in the past and this one is the most recent. I still haven't found anything to the contrary about this product, except maybe that it is expensive and hard to find.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ba3a96e9-9224-4cf7-b2dd-c5692692d15c/8EBAC746-769A-4F9A-B5F8-32A6EDDF30EE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/news/z-trim-fat-substitute-11-07/overview/z-trim-fat-substitute-ov.htm" href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/news/z-trim-fat-substitute-11-07/overview/z-trim-fat-substitute-ov.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.consumerreports.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/news/z-trim-fat-substitute-11-07/overview/z-trim-fat-substitute-ov.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.consumerreports.org/img/C877B64F-F5D2-4DB7-BC07-B23D43DA1E9D" alt="ConsumerReports.org" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/news/z-trim-fat-substitute-11-07/overview/z-trim-fat-substitute-ov.htm"><H1 class="xhead magazine_body_title">Fake fat: Z Trim makes the cut </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/news/z-trim-fat-substitute-11-07/overview/z-trim-fat-substitute-ov.htm"><DIV class="xtext">Cutting fat when you prepare cakes and other dishes has not been easy as pie. Fat substitutes sold in the past were likely
                                                   to make food taste like cardboard, or add sugars in place of fat. But our recent tests show that a new fat substitute called
                                                   Z Trim can replace butter, eggs, and oil in a range of recipes with little or no change in flavor or texture--and slash fat
                                                   and calories.
                                                </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/news/z-trim-fat-substitute-11-07/overview/z-trim-fat-substitute-ov.htm"><DIV class="xtext">Z Trim fat substitute, invented by a chemist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is made of bran fiber (from corn, oats,
                                                   soy, or other grains) and water. We bought the gel form; there's also a powder, which you mix with water. According to the
                                                   label, a tablespoon has no calories, no fat, and slightly more than half a gram of fiber.
                                                </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/news/z-trim-fat-substitute-11-07/overview/z-trim-fat-substitute-ov.htm">Our tasters had a hard time detecting a difference between full-fat and Z Trim fat substitute versions of the dishes we made.
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