Low Fat Ingredient Substitutions
| FATS & OILS |
SUBSTITUTE |
| Butter and/or margarine | Reduced-calorie margarine or margarine
made with safflower, soybean, corn, canola, or peanut oil, reduced-calorie stick margarine in baked products. |
| Mayonnaise | Nonfat or reduced-calorie mayonnaise |
| Oil | Safflower, soybean, corn, canola, or peanut
oil in reduced amount |
| Salad dressing | Nonfat or oil-free dressing |
| Shortening | Soybean, corn, canola, or peanut oil in
amount reduced by one-third |
| DAIRY PRODUCTS |
SUBSTITUTE |
| Sour cream | Low-fat or nonfat sour cream, low-fat or
nonfat yogurt |
| Whipping cream | Chilled evaporated skimmed milk |
| American, Cheddar, Colby, Edam, Swiss | Cheeses with 5 grams of fat or less per
ounce like reduced-fat and part-skim cheeses |
| Cottage cheese | Nonfat or 1% low-fat cottage cheese |
| Cream cheese | Nonfat or light process cream cheese, Neufchatel cheese |
| Ricotta cheese | Nonfat, lite, or part-skim ricotta cheese |
| Milk, whole or reduced-fat | Fat-free or low-fat milk |
| Ice cream | Nonfat or low-fat frozen yogurt; non-fat
or low-fat ice cream; sherbert; sorbet |
| MEATS, POULTRY, EGGS |
SUBSTITUTE |
| Bacon | Canadian bacon, turkey bacon, lean ham |
| Beef, veal, lamb, pork | Chicken, turkey, or lean cuts of meat
trimmed of all visible fat |
| Ground beef | Extra-lean or ultra-lean ground beef; ground turkey |
| Luncheon meat | Skinned, sliced turkey or chicken breast; lean ham; lean roast beef |
| Poultry | Skinned poultry |
| Tuna packed in oil | Tuna packed in water |
| Turkey, self-basting | Turkey basted with fat-free broth |
| Egg, whole | 2 egg whites or 1/4 cup fat-free egg substitute |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
SUBSTITUTE |
| Chocolate, unsweetened | 3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa plus 1 tablespoon
margarine per ounce of chocolate |
| Fudge sauce | Fat-free fudge sauce or chocolate syrup |
| Nuts | One-third to one-half less, toasted |
| Soups, canned | 99% fat-free or reduced-fat, reduced-sodium
condensed cream soups |