Smart Balance is a company that manufactures products including margarine substitutes, flavored microwave popcorn, and peanut butter.
Products
The products claim to have no partially hydrogenated vegetable oils added, no trans fat,[1] and to be comparable in quality to vegetable oil based products.
The oils used in Smart Balance products contain low levels of naturally occurring trans fats, about 70 mcg of trans fat per serving. Some blends in this line include fish oil, while some include only vegetable-based ingredients. The oil blend used in some of the products was developed at Brandeis University.[2]
History
In 2012, Smart Balance acquired Udi’s Healthy Foods, and the parent company was renamed Boulder Brands.[3]
External links
References
- According to the nutrition facts.^
- Author unknown (2005-01-31). Brandeis University News, 31 January 2005. Retrieved from. Brandeis University :: News retrieved September 14, 2009^
- Kristen Leigh Painter. Smart Balance moving headquarters to Boulder The Denver Post, 2012-10-03, retrieved 2014-11-18^