TFA consumption is well established in developed countries, all ofwhich have begun to adopt policies and regulations to drastically reduce the TFA content ofprocessedfoods. Not so in Latín América. We lack up-to-date studies on TFA, and in most cases, have only estimates ofTFA consumption based on information from incomplete tables, sometimes from other countries or regions with different consumption habits. Fot intake varíes widely within each country or group of countries. Some countries have no regulations governing the fot composition offoods, especially their TFA content. The methodology developedfor the industry to reduce the TFA content of hydrogenated products involves the use ofoils with high degree of saturation in their natural state, or previously hydrogenated vegetable oils until reaching a high degree of saturation. In light ofthe nutritional recommendations to reduce TFA intake, it is expected that consumption ofthese isomers, primarily those of industrial origin, will decrease in the coming years. This paper discusses the sources ofthe TFA in our diet, the current alternatives for reducing TFA content infoods, and includes information regarding the production and estimated intake offats and TFA for some Latin American countries for which this information is available.