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Fast-food massive KFC announced Monday it would begin frying its chicken and other foods in oil without charge of trans fats. Use of trans fats is correlated to risk of coronary thrombosis heart syndrome.

The business said it diplomacy to translate fryers in its 5,500 restaurants to a “low-linolenic” soy edible bean oil that contains no trans fats.

The conversion is listed for completion by April 2007 and will be related to chicken, potato wedges, and other fried foods on KFC list of fare. Other bits and pieces, like biscuits, pot shamus, and mashed potatoes with gravy, will go on to contain trans fats, alleged Gregg Dedrick, leader of KFC Firm.

Trans fats are byproduct of hydrogenation, old to increase the shelf life of cuisine oils. Companies have turn towards below conflagration from consumer and health grouping in hot duration because of mounting data that trans fats raise grade of LDL “bad” cholesterin and subordinate HDL “primary-tempo” cholesterin.

“This is a mainly important breakthrough,” Dedrick said in a handset discussion call with the fourth estate. “We’re unswerving to working on the remaining nonfried items.”

Dedrick said the new oil was residential greater than two natural life by KFC in response to consumers’ desire for trans-fat-free food.