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From: snell@utzoo.uucp (snell)
Subject: PAM propellant
Message-ID: <1989Oct14.012606.13102@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 89 01:26:06 GMT

In article <3441@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) writes:

#> >This is why a can of Pam simply states "propellant" as an ingredient.
#> >
#> Interesting.  In Canada the propellants *are* listed on the can.  I went
#> to the grocery store and checked when the Pam-high was first mentioned here.
#> The propellants were both alcohols, but not ethanol, and there was a note to
#> effect of, "Don't worry, the propellants will evaporate and will neither 
#> contaminate your food nor cause environmental damage."
#
#	I would be interested in knowing *exactly* what the Candian version
#of "Pam" states on its ingredient listing.  There may be a different
#formula for the Candian market.
#
Ok.  Here is what is on a can of PAM for sale in Toronto, in the 
ingredients list.  Sounds delicious ;-).

| Ingredients: lecithin (pure vegetable product), propellants isobutane,
| trichlorofluoromethane and propane.  Contains 29 calories per 100 ml
| or 1.1 calories per 4 second spray (of which approximately 1/2 a 
| calorie is absorbed by food).

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