Sunday, October 24, 2010

Domino's -- A Partially Hydrogenated Oils Project

Domino's sent the very direct and honest response to my email:

Jason,
Thank you for contacting us at our World Resource Center.
To comply with trans fat bans across the nation, each of our ingredients have less than 0.5 grams of artificial trans fat per serving. Very few of Domino’s Pizza products contain partially hydrogenated oils and these contain zero or less than 0.5 grams Trans Fat per serving.
The total combined product (i.e. a pizza or oven baked sandwich) may have more than 0.5 grams of trans fat, but each ingredient going in does not have more than 0.5 grams of artificial trans fat.
Also, we have naturally-occurring trans fat in some of our products, as you know, like in some of our meats, but it is the artificial trans fat that we have worked to bring down to 0.5 grams or less due to the local laws.
Sincerely, 

Denise 
Domino's Pizza Customer Care

They're basically saying "ya, we know what we're doing, but you can't stop us" and they're right.  They've taken the absolute minimum effort required to remove trans fat from their products.  They didn't really say anything about efforts to get rid of the oils, just that they are doing what they have to, not what they should do.

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