Research Article

Trans Fatty Acids in the Hong Kong Food Supply

Table 1

Food items selected for analysis in this study.

Food subgroup Food item

Bakery products
Batter-made foods (11)Egg rolls (5), eggette (3), and waffles (3)
Biscuits (10)Biscuits (4), crackers (3), and cookies (3)
Creamy biscuits (5)Cream crackers (2), and wafers (3)
Pastries (10)Pastries (5), croissant (2), and sweetheart cake (3)
Plain bread (11)White bread (3), wholemeal bread (4), and sweet bun (4)
Bread with filling/topping (12)Cream-filled bun (3), pineapple bun with/without butter (6), and sausage bun (3)
Doughnuts/French toast (7)Doughnuts (4), and french toast (3)
Sponge cakes (13)Sponge cakes (13)
Creamy cakes (4)Creamy cakes (4)
Chinese fried dough (6)Fried fritter (3), and fried sesame seed ball (3)
Egg tarts (7)Shortcrust pastry (3), puff pastry (3), and portuguese (1)
Fast foods/others
Potato products (11)French fries (3), potato wedges (1), and potato chips (7)
Instant noodles (7)Instant noodles without seasonings (7)
Chocolate (6)Chocolate (6)
Instant soup (6)Ready-to-drink (3), and soup mix (3)
Chips (6)Other chips (6)
Deep-fried meat (4)Chicken (3), and pork chop (1)
Spread (6)Peanut (4), and chocolate (2)

The number in the bracket refers to the number of individual food samples.