The Skinny on Olestra | On This Day
January 24, 2025
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as posted by the channelJanuary 24th, 1996, Procter and Gamble won U.S. regulatory approval to sell a cholesterol and edible but indigestible oil that could be used to fry foods without adding fat or calories to the final product, a natural chemical compound. It was discovered accidentally back in the sixties. Unless you're a mimic, the tastes in mouthfeel of fatty oils. But since it couldn't be absorbed by the body, well, you could snack to your heart's content in theory.
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