Healthier Trans Fat-Free Cookies? :

Cookies without ingredients like trans-fat or sugars seem to have a different taste to me.

Maybe this will change with the new trans fat-free shortening discovered by the researchers at the University of Guelph in Canada.

Known as CoaVel, the ingredient is believed by baking experts to be the solution to completely eliminating trans fat from commercially sold baked goods.

The CoaVel is a mixture of water, a thickening agent (monoglyceride) and unsaturated vegetable oil into a shortening-like form, something that had never been attempted by scientists before.

"We started using it in baking and it was incredible, no trans (fat), no saturated fat, and it had baking capabilities." ( source )

The company Tasty Selections will launch a premium trans fat-free cookie line this month.

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