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  2. Trans fat - Wikipedia

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    Trans fat contents in various foods, ranked in g per 100 g [42] Food type Trans fat content shortenings 10–33 margarine, stick 6.2–16.8 [43] butter 2–7 whole milk 0.07–0.1 breads/cake products 0.1–10 cookies and crackers 1–8 tortilla chips 5.8 [43] cake frostings, sweets 0.1–7 animal fat 0–5 [44] ground beef 1

  3. Criticism of fast food - Wikipedia

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    After six years on the diet, the trans fat fed monkeys had gained 7.2% of their body weight, compared to just 1.8% in the unsaturated fat group. A five-year study conducted in Singapore showed that frequent fast food consumers (more than twice a week) had a significant increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes and an increased risk of death ...

  4. Ground beef - Wikipedia

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    The allowable amount in France is 5 to 20% (15% being used by most food chains). In Germany, regular ground beef may contain up to 15% fat while the special "Tatar" for steak tartare may contain less than 5% fat. Both hamburger and ground beef can have added seasoning, phosphate, extenders, or binders added, but no additional water is permitted ...

  5. Low-fat diet - Wikipedia

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    This is because all fats contain some saturated fatty acids. For example, if a person chose fats with only 20% saturated fatty acids, setting fat intake at 35% of total calories would mean that 7% of calories would come from saturated fat. For this reason, the Institute of Medicine recommends consuming no more than 35% of calories from fat. [3]

  6. Pink slime - Wikipedia

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    Lean finely textured beef in its finished form, from an ABC News report about the product. Lean finely textured beef (LFTB [1])—also called finely textured beef, [2] boneless lean beef trimmings (BLBT [3]), and colloquially known as pink slime—is a meat by-product used as a food additive to ground beef and beef-based processed meats, as a filler, or to reduce the overall fat content of ...

  7. Food energy - Wikipedia

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    For an overall efficiency of 20%, one watt of mechanical power is equivalent to 18 kJ/h (4.3 kcal/h). For example, a manufacturer of rowing equipment shows calories released from "burning" food as four times the actual mechanical work, plus 1,300 kJ (300 kcal) per hour, [16] which amounts to about 20% efficiency at 250 watts of mechanical output.

  8. Feed conversion ratio - Wikipedia

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    [12]: 11–11 In response the USDA began issuing guidance to dairy farmers about how to control inputs to better minimize manure output and to minimize harmful contents, as well as optimizing milk output. [13] [14] In the US, the price of milk is based on the protein and fat content, so the FCR is often calculated to take that into account. [15]

  9. Beef - Wikipedia

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    Beef is a source of complete protein and it is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) of niacin, vitamin B12, iron and zinc, but also contains high amounts of saturated fat. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Red meat is the most significant dietary source of carnitine and, like any other meat (pork, fish, veal, lamb etc.), is a source of creatine .