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- BUSINESS, Page 41Business NotesNEW PRODUCTSFake Fat Of the Land
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- Will the diet-crazed country that embraced artificial
- sweeteners now accept phony fats? Some of America's biggest food
- firms are betting heavily on it. The latest entrant is A.E.
- Staley Manufacturing of Decatur, Ill., which last week served
- up Stellar, a product derived from corn. At a promotional buffet
- of Stellar-based margarine and cheese spreads, Staley said the
- reduced-calorie faux fat will be available early next year to
- food producers, who can use it to replace from 60% to 100% of
- the fat in such items as salad dressing, baked goods, meat
- products, soups, gravies and sauces.
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- Since Stellar is based on simple starch, it can be
- marketed without obtaining approval from the Food and Drug
- Administration. The product is the first serious competitor to
- Nutrasweet's dairy-derived Simplesse, which simulates high-fat
- flavor and "mouth-feel" in the company's Simple Pleasures frozen
- dessert by mimicking the shape of fat particles.
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- Still waiting for the FDA's approval: Kraft General Foods'
- Trailblazer for frozen desserts and Procter & Gamble's Olestra
- for fat-free deep frying.
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