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Has anyone seen the information on Z Trim?  It's being used as the "mystery 
ingredient" to cut fats in products used in school menusm, including salad 
dressings...

A member brought an article from a Pennsylvania newspaper to a meeting a 
while ago that mentioned it was made from the hulls of barley, oats. There doesn't 
seem to be much on ingredients at the Z Trim website. www.ztrim.com   A yahoo 
sesarch turned us a coupe of articles without much concern as to ingredients. 


I found this online at http://www.slashfood.com/2007/01/24/what-is-z-trim/ 

"It was developed a few years ago by the USDA and is primarily composed of 
the hulls from oats, soybeans, peas and rice, as well as bran from corn and/or 
wheat, all of which are "processed into microscopic fragments, purified, and 
dried and milled to an easy-flowing powder," which can then be reconstituted 
with water to create a very smooth paste that gives a mouthfeel similar to - you 
guessed it - fat. It has a lot of natural dietary fiber, so it also helps 
provide a feeling of fullness."

Bev in Milwaukee

 









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