Studies have found that trans fatty acids — or trans fats, for short — produce high cholesterol levels and increase the risk of heart disease. Health experts recommend that people keep their consumption of trans fats as low as possible.

Trans fats are a type of fat that forms when liquid oils are made into solid fats. You can find trans fats in vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, candies, cookies, snack and fried foods, baked foods, and other processed foods made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils.

For that reason, Flowers Foods uses only shortenings that have 0 grams of trans fat per serving. All our breads, buns, snack cakes and pastries have 0 grams of trans fat.

• Talking About Trans Fat: What You Need to Know (USDA)
• Learn all about Trans Fats (American Heart Ass.)
• Trans Fats 101 (University of Maryland Medical Center)