Word: tallow
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...officials. The first sentence was bound to catch their attention: "Is your company an accessory in the deaths of untold numbers of heart attack victims?" The letter went on to urge the food companies to remove coconut and palm oil from their products, as well as lard and beef tallow, all of which contain high levels of saturated fat. NHSA, the letter warned, planned soon to alert the public about "the dangers of highly saturated oil products...
...fast-food chains, focusing on the largest. MCDONALD'S, a subheadline charged, YOUR HAMBURGERS HAVE TOO MUCH FAT! A combination of a Big Mac and French fries, the ad reported, was "loaded" with 25 grams of saturated fat, and those French fries were cooked in fat-laden beef tallow...
Undaunted, with few exceptions, major newspapers ran another Sokolof ad in July. This one was headlined MCDONALD'S, YOUR HAMBURGERS STILL HAVE TOO MUCH FAT! AND YOUR FRENCH FRIES STILL ARE COOKED WITH BEEF TALLOW. The ad noted that Burger King and Wendy's were also culpable and reported an Advertising Age poll revealing that 38% of Americans who saw Sokolof's first set of ads had decreased their patronage of fast-food restaurants. It also pointed out that laboratory tests conducted for the New York Times had confirmed the accuracy of those...
Each year Americans consume millions of pounds of French fries at fast-food outlets. While the potatoes are innocent enough, the leading chains have traditionally deep fried them in oil that contains beef tallow. That substance contains cholesterol and saturated fat, both considered archenemies of the cardiovascular system. Phil Sokolof of Omaha, a wealthy businessman and health-food zealot, has been leading a public campaign to urge the franchises to stop using saturated fat to cook their fries...
...Yale has to be careful that they don'tallow the disappointment over not getting apostseason bid to spoil the kind of year they'vehad," Roby added. "They've got everybody back,they beat everybody in the league. What's not tobe excited about...