Pat & Oscars Joins Wendy's in Going Trans Fat Free
SoCal readers take note: Pat & Oscar's Restaurants announced its menu is now 100-percent trans fat free.
After extensive development and testing, the company will make the change in locations throughout Southern California later this month. (Which, um, is tomorrow. Am I the only parent who lives in some kind of time warp? Is it actually almost July? Sheeez. Anyway.) CEO John Wright attributes the move to market demands for healthier menu options.
Pat & Oscar’s announcement comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by the CSPI against KFC complaining of the levels of trans fats in the chain’s fried foods, and shortly after Wendy’s declared it will go trans-fat-free by the end of August.
Trans fat is the result of an artificial process that converts vegetable oil into a more stable form of shortening. It’s not good for ya, generally speaking.
Pat & Oscar's says it was able to make its food 100-percent trans fat free by working with its vendors and suppliers to come up with healthier alternatives to ingredients already used in the company's recipes. The menu offers salads, pasta, pizza, chicken, ribs, and breadsticks, as well as a mini-pizza, a three-wing meal, a small pasta, and a kid-sized beverage on its Just for Kids menu.