Welcome to the International Food Information Council's (IFIC) Web site. We are pleased to introduce to you our tool kit, Fat Replacers: New Choices for Managing Dietary Fat. We hope you'll find it a useful resource. Take a moment and browse through the contents and download the presentation in html format. To download or print the PowerPoint slides, follow the instructions listed.

The tool kit is a versatile resource designed to help nutrition educators talk with both health professional and consumer audiences about the options available for managing dietary fat. The kit, developed in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, provides two sets of materials, one for professional audiences and the other for consumer audiences, including presentation scripts, overhead/slide masters, a reference sheet, glossary of fat reduction ingredients, and other resource materials.

We hope you find this tool kit a helpful resource. For additional information, please click on the links to other materials listed below.

The International Food Information Council (IFIC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health and nutrition professionals, educators, government officials, journalists and others providing information to consumers. IFIC is supported primarily by the broad-based food beverage and agricultural industries.

1. WIN 95/98/NT USERS
   Fat Replacers Presentation and Script for Professionals in PowerPoint:

   Click here to download presentation

   File Size:
   5.02 MB/presentation; 3.56 MB/show
   Download times:
   14 min/10min (56K); 7 min/5 min (DSL); 32 sec/23 sec (T1)

2. MAC USERS
   Fat Replacers Presentation and Script for Professionals in PowerPoint:

   Click here to download presentation

   File size:
   1 MB/both versions
   Download times:
   3 min (56K); 1.5 min (DSL); 7 sec (T1)

3. ALL PLATFORMS
   Fat Replacers Presentation for Professionals in PDF:

   Click here to download slides 1-10
   Click here to download slides 11-20
   Click here to download slides 21-25
   (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view)

   File size:
   711 KB to 865 KB/each
   Download times per file:
   3 min (56K); 1.5 min (DSL); 7 sec (T1)

4. References List of Ingredients
5. Fat Replacer Glossary

   Download speeds will differ depending upon Internet congestion; times noted for 56K downloads will be significantly longer with slower modems.

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