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Do You Know What to Buy?

By Colleen Pierre, RD, Prevention magazine


Make sure to leave all "partially hydrogenated" fats at the door. To minimize the amount of trans fats in your diet, make the switch to these foods, which can be found in most supermarkets.


Start creating your trans fat-free shopping list right now. Check off items you'd like to buy, then print this page for your next trip to the store.


Chips and Snack Foods

  • Terra Potpourri Potato Chips (Yukon Gold, Sweet Potato, Huckleberry Red, or Red Thumb Potatoes)
  • Good Health Natural Foods Olive Oil Sweet Potato Chips
  • Que Pasa Organic Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
  • Guiltless Gourmet Baked Spicy Black Bean on Blue Corn Tortilla Chips
  • Gen Soy Deep Sea Salted Soy Nuts
  • Glenny's Low Fat Barbeque Flavored Soy Crisps
  • Mexi-Snax Hot Tortilla Chips
  • Stacy's Parmesan Garlic & Herb Baked Pita Chips

Cookies

  • Barbara's Bakery Oatmeal Wheat-Free Snackimals Animal Cookies
  • Barbara's Bakery Fruit Juice Sweetened Animal Cookies
  • Mi-Del Ginger Snaps
  • Country Choice Certified Organic Soft Baked Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
  • Health Valley Fat-Free Apricot Delight Cookies
  • Jules Destrooper Almond Thins
  • New Morning Organic Whole Wheat Cinnamon Grahams
  • Health Valley Original Amaranth Graham Crackers
  • Barbara's Bakery Whole Wheat Fig Bars

Crackers

  • Kavli Crispy Thin All Natural Whole Grain Crispbread
  • Fat Free Natural Ry Krisp
  • Stone Street Bakery Natural Onion-Flavored Crackerbread
  • Kashi Seven Whole Grains & Sesame TLC (Tasty Little Crackers)
  • Hain All Natural Reduced Fat Wheatettes
  • Blue Diamond Natural Rice and Nutmeal Pecan Nut-Thins
  • Barbara's Bakery Savory Poppy Seed Lite Rite Rounds
  • Wasa Hearty Rye Original Crisp Bread

Granola Bars

  • Nature's Choice Moist and Chewy Peanut Butter Granola Bars
  • Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars Cinnamon, Peanut Butter, Oats 'n Honey
  • Health Valley Fat-Free Blueberry Granola Bars

Muffin Mixes

  • Continental Mills Krusteaz Apple/Oat Bran Low-Fat Muffin Mix
  • General Mills Betty Crocker Low-Fat Wild Blueberry Muffin Mix
  • Oetker Simple Organics Oatmeal or Cornmeal Muffin Mix
  • Arrowhead Mills All Purpose Baking Mix
  • Waffles, Bagels and English Muffins
  • Lifestream Flax-Plus Toaster Waffles
  • Lifestream Buckwheat Wildberry Toaster Waffles
  • EnviroKidz Organic Gorilla Banana Waffles
  • Van's All Natural 7 Grain Belgian Waffles
  • Thomas' New York Style 100% Whole Wheat Bagels
  • Thomas' Honey Wheat English Muffins

Whole Grain Breads

  • Pepperidge Farm Natural Whole Grain German Dark Wheat Bread
  • Arnold Natural 100% Whole Wheat Bread and Oat Bread
  • Wonder Stoneground 100% Whole Wheat Bread

Whole Grain Cereals

  • Lifestream Flax-Plus Multibran Cereal
  • Barbara's Bakery Cinnamon Puffins
  • General Mills Wheaties Raisin Bran
  • General Mills Multi-Bran Chex
  • Post Grape-Nuts
  • Quaker Squares Cinnamon Toasted Oatmeal
  • Post Spoon Size Shredded Wheat
  • Kashi Go Lean Protein/High Fiber Cereal & Snack
  • Quaker Toasted Oat Bran Cereal with a Hint of Sweetness
  • Kellogg's Complete Wheat Bran Flakes