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0 calorie food? Check for this one ingredient.

20 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this short informational video, Kashif Khan warns viewers about ultra‑low‑calorie foods that appear on store shelves—such as zero‑calorie chocolate, low‑calorie ice cream, protein bars, and other snacks. He explains that the seemingly impossible low calorie count is achieved by an ingredient called EPG, a chemically altered plant‑based fat. EPG retains the cooking and taste properties of regular oil but is engineered so the human digestive system cannot break it down, resulting in a caloric value of about 0.07 kcal/g instead of the usual 9 kcal/g for fat. Khan notes that there is no long‑term human safety data because the ingredient is relatively new, and he cautions viewers to check product labels for “EPG” or “modified plant‑based fat.” He also mentions that a company named David has acquired the patent‑holding firm that produces EPG. The video concludes with a consumer‑advice call‑to‑action to read labels and follow his channel for similar daily updates.

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If you see an extremely low-calorie food on the shelf, please turn around and look for this one ingredient. You'll probably notice more and more of these products. Zero-calorie chocolate, low-calorie ice cream, protein bars, snacks with numbers that just don't make sense. If you stop and think about it, it isn't natural. A rich, fatty food physically cannot have low calories. So how are they doing it? The answer is an ingredient called EPG. Scientists took a plant oil and chemically rebuilt its structure so your body can't break it down. So it still cooks like oil, still tastes like oil, still fries like oil. It just passes straight through you. Normal fat has 9 calories a gram. This has 0.07. We have no long-term human data on what it does to your gut because it hasn't existed long enough to have any. One more thing worth knowing: a single protein bar company called David bought the company that makes it and owns the patents. Read the label. If it says EPG or modified plant-based fat, now you know. Make sure to follow because I post stuff like this every single day.