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Buenos Aires, May 9, 2008 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Scientists at Argentina's University of La Plata have developed a "healthy hamburger" free of saturated fats that has already won the kiddies' seal of approval, the press reported Friday.

Prepared in the laboratory, the new burgers are made from top-quality lean beef with marine and vegetable oils, such as high oleic sunflower oil.

"The product will offer the food industry a safe, healthy, high quality alternative. For consumers it will be an option for a better quality of life at every age," said Alicia Califano, a member of the Research and Development Center for Food Cryogenic Technology at the University of La Plata, who is in charge of the project.

The healthy hamburger passed the yummy test with 40 children and adults who tried it and compared its flavor, texture and quality to that of conventional hamburgers.

As the scientists told the Buenos Aires daily Clarin, taste tests show that the new product has the same flavor as ordinary hamburgers but is healthier.

Califano said that the trials have all been done to guarantee the successful mass manufacture and marketing of the product, which will cost between 25 and 40 percent more than ordinary hamburgers.

The scientists are also studying ways to develop sausages from lean beef and chicken with processes similar to those used to make the healthy hamburger. EFE

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