Forward-Looking Fats and Oils

Dramatic changes in what consumers want and what policy makers demand are affecting the entire food industry, and developments in the fats and oils category provide excellent examples of both. Consumers want nutritionally enhanced foods, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been focused for years on removing trans fats from the food supply, mandating in 2015 that food manufacturers remove partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary source of trans fat in processed foods. As a …