Smart Balance

Smart Balance is a company that manufactures products including margarine substitutes, flavored microwave popcorn, and peanut butter.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

Products

The products claim to have no partially hydrogenated vegetable oils added, no trans fat,According to the nutrition facts. and to be comparable in quality to vegetable oil based products.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

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.Author unknown (2005-01-31). Brandeis University News, 31 January 2005. Retrieved from {{cite web|url=http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id%3D103499 |title=Brandeis University :: News |accessdate=September 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103613/http://my.brandeis.edu/news/item?news_item_id=103499 |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }}.

History

In 2012, Smart Balance acquired Udi’s Healthy Foods, and the parent company was renamed Boulder Brands.{{Cite news | last = Painter | first = Kristen Leigh | title = Smart Balance moving headquarters to Boulder | work = The Denver Post | accessdate = 2014-11-18 | date = 2012-10-03 | url = http://www.denverpost.com/ci_21684650/smart-balance-moving-headquarters-boulder }}

References

External links

[http://www.smartbalance.com/ Smart Balance web site]

Category:Food and drink companies of the United States

Category:Companies listed on the Nasdaq

Category:Food and drink companies established in 2005