• NY Times, Thursday, December 29, 2005 1:15 PM

Processed food companies are eliminating trans fats--the least healthful kind, according to dietary experts--from many items, in anticipation of a new food-labeling law that goes into effect on Sunday requiring companies to declare how much of the "bad fat" is in their products. "I don't know of a company that didn't look at reformulation," said Stephanie Childs of the Grocery Manufacturers of America. Among those making the change were Kraft, which reduced or removed trans fats from 650 products; ConAGra, which performed fat surgery on 120 items; and the manufacturer of that favorite Girl Scout cooky, the Thin Mint.

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