The first dietary fat substitute - approved by the Food and Drug Administration Thursday - will hit the supermarket in a few weeks.
Called Simplesse, the substitute is made of egg white and milk protein, says Marci Kaminsky of NutraSweet, its maker. It debuts in a line of frozen desserts called Simple Pleasures, and will be available nationwide by summer, she says.
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Our wean to lean may be extreme
July 31, 1991
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How much fat should you be eating?
Can you eat a steak? Butter your bread? Grab a hot dog at the ball park? And still live to a ripe old age?
Depends on whom you ask.
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Big changes proposed for food labels
Nov. 6, 1991
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There's good news for grocery shoppers trying to make sense of confusing food packages: New labeling rules are on the way.
Terms including "light," "reduced cholesterol" and "low fat" will soon have uniform meanings that consumers can understand.
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'Food pyramid' changed slightly
Apr. 28, 1992
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Despite mostly minor changes expected to be announced today by the U.S. Agricultural Department, the food pyramid has withstood a year-long shakedown, sources say.
A year ago, newly appointed Agriculture Secretary Edward Madigan put the pyramid on hold as a replacement for the "basic four food groups" because he worried that children might not understand it.
