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Are cooking sprays fat-free?

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Are cooking sprays fat-free?

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Since cooking spray oils are made of vegetable oils, they do contain fat. However, the spray cans produce a portion so small that the fat content in a standard serving is insignificant. According to nutrition labeling laws, when one serving of a food contains less than 0.5 grams of a nutrient, that number can be rounded down to zero and the product can be regarded as having none of the nutrient. In the case of fat and cooking sprays, these products can legally be labeled “fat-free.” However, some people use very large amounts of oil sprays and believe that they are still getting zero fat. This is untrue. A standard serving of a cooking spray lasts 0.3 second and usually contains 0.2 or 0.3 grams of fat. If you spray for a longer period of time, you need to adjust your calculation of the fat content to determine how much you are really getting. But you shouldn’t try to make all of your foods fat-free. For good health, we need some fat each day. Two healthful choices when used in moderat

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