Palm Oil vs Partially Hydrog Veg Oil

Question
WE Love Skippy Peanut Butter though it does contain sugar. We don't use a lot. Yesterday we bought the Super Chunk NATURAL Skippy and compared it to the REgular Super Chunk. The package of ALL Natural says no trans fats. But regular has no trans fats either.

The Ingrediates on BOTH are the same: Peanuts, Sugar, Salt but the oly other ingredient in the Natural is "Palm Oil". For the REgular, the oil is "Partially Hydrogenized Vegetable Oil". I seem to remember that it's Palm oil that's bad for you. Am I wrong?
Not that we eat that much, but we're curios as to which of the two styles is HEALTHIER.

Thanks!

Steve (Also an Allexpers volunteer- on music topics)


Answer
Actually, neither one has a perfect track record.  Partially hydrogenated oils are considered trans-fats so I don't know how they're getting away with using that labeling.  Palm oil is not considered a food product by the FDA and can have herbicides/pesticides sprayed on the plant from which it's produced.  It is not a trans-fat, however.

If it were my choice of the lesser of two evils, I'd choose the NATURAL Skippy over the Regular Skippy.

Thanks for your question, Steve.  I hope that my answer was helpful.

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