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Are Super Bakery's Products CN Labeled?

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Nutrition website (http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/CNlabeling/default.htm),  the Child Nutrition Labeling Program is a voluntary Federal labeling program for the Child Nutrition Program. 

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Super Bakery Products are not CN Labeled.  This is because only main dish products which contribute to the meat/meat alternate component of the meal pattern requirements & juice/juice drink products which contain 50 percent full-strength juice by volume are eligible for CN Labels.  Examples of eligible products include beef patties, cheese, meat pizzas, egg rolls or juices such as grape drinks, fruit punch and juice bars.

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What is Trans Fat?

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Trans fatty-acids are formed through a process called hydrogenation, which turns unsaturated liquid fat (usually vegetable oil) into a solid form to improve its stability.  This allows a product to have a longer shelf life and better flavor than its previous state. An example of this is when liquid oil (i.e. vegetable oil) is turned into a solid fat like shortening or margarine.  The main problem with trans fat lies in its ability to affect our cholesterol levels in a negative way. Research in the early 1990’s studied the effects of trans-fatty acid intake on LDL-C (an artery clogging cholesterol), as well as its impact on HDL-C (protective cholesterol). It was found that higher intake of trans fats, when combined with a high intake of saturated fats and cholesterol, raises LDL (“bad cholesterol”) and lowers HDL (“good cholesterol”).

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•  Do Super Bakery’s Products Contain Trans Fat? 

In light of the new research on the negative health effects of trans fat, Super Bakery has taken steps to remove trans fat from it’s products giving us a value of 0 grams. After much research, we feel confident that our oil choice reflects the best possible nutritional profile while still retaining the taste and flavor properties that Super Bakery customers have come to enjoy. By producing a ratio of 2:1 omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids, this oil keeps in balance with what many call a “healthy” ratio of these two fatty acids

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•  How Much Trans Fat is Acceptable in Someone’s Diet?

Sometimes the media can mislead us regarding the amount of trans fat Americans are consuming in their diets’. In reality, we consume much more saturated fat on average than trans fat.  Updated Nutrition Facts panels will now list the amount of trans fat (g), in a product’s serving, but will not show a Percent Daily Value (%DV) at this time. More research will be needed to support a reference value for a healthy intake level. “Individuals should limit the combined amount of trans-fatty acids and saturated-fatty acids to less than 10% of total calories consumed daily,” states Alice H Litchtenstein, DSC, vice chair of the American Heart Association’s Nutrition Committee and professor of Nutrition at Tufts University.  This means that if someone consumes 2,000 calories per day (on which the Percent Daily value is based), then saturated and trans fat combined should be no more than 200 calories or 20 grams per day.

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Do any Super Bakery Products contain Whole Grain or Fiber?

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Super Bakery has a number of new items that contain Whole Grain (from 51% to 100%).  We use a finely ground flour that allows products to retain all the nutritional goodness of whole wheat without the coarseness and color of traditional wheat flour. 

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The ALL PRODUCTS NUTRTIONAL SHEET is a wonderful resource that has a multitude of information all in one place, including percentage of whole grain and fiber.