Some consumers today are health conscious and most of them prefer low fat or foods having low fat ingredients. Some basic ingredients don't have, so they're looking for a substitution available in the market.

Here are the lists of needed ingredient and their low fat substitutes:

FATS & OILS

Butter and/or Margarine
Reduce-calorie margarine or margarine made with safflower, soybean, corn, canola, or peanut oil; reduced-calorie stick margarine in baked products

Mayonnaise
Nonfat, reduced-calorie, or low-fat 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

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, light, or part-skim ricotta cheese

Milk, Whole or 2%
Skim milk; 1/2% milk; 1% milk

Ice Cream
Nonfat or low-fat frozen yogurt; nonfat or low-fat ice cream; sherbet; sorbet

MEATS, POULTRY & EGGS

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

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