Industrial Trans Fatty Acid and Serum Cholesterol: The Allowable Dietary Level

Table 2

The trans fatty acid (TFA) intake from various foods in Japanese.

	Food intake	TFA intake
	g/day	mg/day
Vegetable oils
Milk
Margarine and fat spread
Beef
Breads
Cakes, buns and pastries
Mayonnaise
Others of dairy products
Biscuits
Others of confectioneries
Butters
Cheeses
Japanese buns
Fermented milk and lactic acid bacteria beverages
Animal fats
Others	—
Total	—

Reference [19]; TFA intake was calculated from the mean intake and TFA content of each food group. The mean intake of each food group was calculated using the data of National Health and Nutrition Survey carried out for all ages, in a total of 8,762 men and women. To obtain the mean TFA contents of 19 food groups, 386 foods of TFA were determined by gas chromatography.