What
is the Difference?
At Donuts With A Difference we believe the big guys had it right back in the
day when they said (over and over again) "Fresh every 4 hours". We make our
products in the morning so you will get the freshest possible product. We think
there is a excellent chance that the products you purchase in our store
might be the best you've ever had.
What is Kosher?
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In simplest terms Kosher means fit to eat. Products that have been
certified as kosher are labeled with a mark called a hekhsher (from the
same Hebrew root as
the word "kosher") that ordinarily identifies the rabbi or organization
that certified the product. Approximately 3/4 of all prepackaged foods
have some kind of kosher certification, and most major brands have
reliable Orthodox certification.
The process of certification does not involve "blessing" the food;
rather, it involves examining the ingredients used to make the food,
examining the process by which the food is prepared, and periodically
inspecting the processing facilities to make sure that kosher standards
are maintained.
For more information go to
kashrut.htm
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What is TRANS FAT?
Trans
fatty acids (also called trans fats) are a type of
unsaturated fat
(and may be
monounsaturated or
polyunsaturated).
Trans fat is formed when liquid vegetable
oils go through a chemical process called
hydrogenation
in which hydrogen is added to make the oils more solid. Hydrogenated vegetable
fats are used by food processors because they allow longer shelf-life and give
food desirable taste, shape, and texture.
Trans fats occur naturally in small quantities in meat and
dairy products from
ruminants. Most trans fats consumed today, however, are
industrially created through partial hydrogenation, of plant oils and animal
fats — a chemical process developed in the early 1900s and first commercialized
as Crisco
in 1909.
The majority of trans fat can be found in
shortenings, stick (or hard) margarine, cookies, crackers, snack foods, fried
foods (including fried fast food), doughnuts, pastries, baked goods, and other
processed foods made with or fried in partially hydrogenated oils.
Further reading :
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4776
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2003/503_fats.html
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