Which fast-food restaurants stopped cooking with trans-fat-containing products?

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Trans fat Commercially manufactured foods, including cookies, doughnuts, and muffins, often contain trans fats.

Many fast-food restaurants have voluntarily stopped cooking with products containing trans fats due to the associated health risks, such as increased levels of LDL cholesterol and a higher risk of heart disease.1

According to Britannica, major fast-food chains that no longer cook with trans-fat-containing products include:

Kentucky Fried Chicken
Taco Bell
Wendy’s
McDonald’s

These changes were part of a broader shift in the food industry, often prompted by both voluntary corporate initiatives and government regulations in various cities and regions that prohibited the use of trans-fat-containing products in restaurants.1