McDonald’s Cooking Oil Trans Fat-Free In US, Canada

Reuters:

McDonald’s Corp. has switched to cooking oils free of trans fats in all of its restaurants in the United States and Canada, Chief Executive Jim Skinner said on Thursday.

The restaurants made the switch over the past few months, he said.

By the end of the year, McDonald’s pies and other baked goods will also be free of trans fats, Skinner told the company’s annual meeting.

Consumption of trans fats - often in the form of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils - increases the risk of coronary heart disease, according to health authorities.