Olestra, also called Olean, is a synthetic fat once hailed as a groundbreaking alternative to regular fat in food products. Developed by Procter and Gamble researchers in 1968, it stood out because it ...

The 90's called — they're bringing all their trends back! Yep, that's right — fashion trends like channeling your inner Cher Horowitz by wearing plaid from head to toe, shoes that look and feel like ...

Snacks made with the fake fat olestra no longer will have to bear the unappetizing label that warned they might cause cramps and diarrhea. The Food and Drug Administration lifted the warning Friday, ...

Americans love junk food, and we continue to fool ourselves into thinking that there is a magical solution that will allow us to eat as much as we want without gaining any of the weight. Yes, ...

WASHINGTON — Snacks made with the fake fat olestra no longer will have to bear the unappetizing label that warned they might cause cramps and diarrhea. The Food and Drug Administration lifted the ...

One thing that you can say about the folks at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) -- they're certainly tenacious about their food vendettas! Once a food or ingredient has made the ...

Frito-Lay said Thursday its chips that contain olestra will bear more prominent labeling alerting consumers to the presence of the fat substitute. The change wards off a lawsuit that a consumer group ...

When warnings were first required on food products containing the fat substitute olestra, manufacturers were disappointed. They maintained that the labels were misleading and alarmed consumers ...

The second line of non-fat snacks made with the synthetic fat olestra hits the market later this month, this time from the controversial ingredient’s creator, Procter & Gamble Co. Unlike PepsiCo Inc.

When Procter & Gamble began market-testing a fat-free version of their popular Pringles snack in late 1996, Pringles brand manager Casey Keller called their attempt to revolutionize the food industry ...

Frito-Lay has been notified that it will be sued by a Massachusetts consumer for deceptively marketing its line of "Light" potato chips. Those chips are made with olestra -- the controversial fat ...

Olé! Olestra is here! Olean, Procter & Gamble’s brand name for the fake fat derived from cottonseed and soybean oils and sugar, has finally landed on our supermarket shelves in the form of potato ...