{"id":693,"date":"2019-04-10T16:47:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T16:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zindafoods.com\/blog\/?p=693"},"modified":"2021-07-23T14:09:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T14:09:40","slug":"zinda-airwraps-only-trans-fat-free-wrap-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/zinda-airwraps-only-trans-fat-free-wrap-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinda AirWrap – Why we are proud to be UK’s only completely Trans Fat Free Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We have no trans fat in any of our products<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It has always been our mission at Zinda Foods<\/a>\u00a0to address a need in the food-to-go category to create a product that is lower in carbohydrates, has no trans fats, no palm oil & absolutely no preservatives.<\/p>

However, we were confused to find 0% trans fat labelled on the front of most wheat-flour tortilla packs but when we\u00a0flipped over the pack and looked at the ingredients\u00a0 we saw that they included \u201cpartially hydrogenised oils\u201d, \u201cmono & di-glycerides of fatty acids and emulsifiers\u201d or \u201cshortening agents\u201d which are very much derivatives of the trans fat family!<\/p>

Basically ALL\u00a0commercial wheat flour tortillas contain trans fats, however, if the quantity is below half a gram then it\u2019s legal to label them as 0% trans fats. A remarkably confusing, and one could say misleading, labelling system. As much for us as a manufacturer and as it is for\u00a0shoppers.<\/p>

So where does that leave us\u2026..<\/p>

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As a manufacturer, our Zinda AirWraps have no form of trans fats<\/a> – not a drop!\u00a0Not in the base, nor in the fillings.<\/p>

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As a consumer, we are well aware that trans fats are known as a dangerous food additive contributing to heart disease, strokes, liver dysfunction, Type 2 diabetes, Alzheimers, or even recently links to infertility in women. And so trying to limit the intake of trans fats\u00a0is natural.<\/p>

But many manufacturers often feel tempted to use trans fats, as they prolong\u00a0shelf life and prevent\u00a0ingredients from separating when put together.<\/p>

Denmark was the first country to outlaw industrially-produced trans fats in 2003. \u00a0Since then Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, New York City and California have all followed suit. The United States and Canada are set to introduce nationwide bans on partially hydrogenated oils – the main source of artificial trans fat, this year.<\/p>

A UK ban has not been met by Government support, which has preferred to allow food companies to reduce the trans fat content of their foods on a voluntary basis.<\/p>

However, as a health-conscious food-to-go manufacturer, we have opted out. We say NO to trans fats or any of their derivatives as we are well aware of the dangers of consuming trans fat\u00a0in any quantity. We also have no palm oil in our wraps too.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have no trans fat in any of our products It has always been our mission at Zinda Foods\u00a0to address a need in the food-to-go category to create a product that is lower in carbohydrates, has no trans fats, no palm oil & absolutely no preservatives. However, we were confused to find 0% trans fat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[44,13,40,20,19],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-airwrap","tag-airwraps","tag-food-wraps","tag-halal","tag-halal-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zindafoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}