Butter vs. Margarine

[Netix]

I am hoping to do some baking very soon, got all the good intentions of sending predominantly homemade goodies to school with DD (she starts prep this year!).... Wonder how long that will go for..... (the homemade thing)

And I'm positive that I'm just not real sure because of my preggo brain, but butter is better (healthier) than margarine, isn't it? Thanks!

[Catastrophic]

No, but if your going to choose between two evils then I always go the butter. I can't remember where I read but it was that butter wasn't he healthy option.

(and for a good school snack idea freeze the stuff you make I do cooking every 2weeks and just freeze it)


Cat xox

[Novella]

Butter is a more natural product (depending on how it is processed or if it is organic), margarine is far from being natural

Butter is higher in saturated fat, margarine has more unsaturated fat.

So if you think organic products are healthier then butter wins, but margarine wins when it comes to the type of fat it contains.

I like the taste of butter and we have mainly lean dairy and meat products so a little bit of saturated fat isnt the end of the world

[LionsandBears]

Yes, butter is better for you. Margarine is a synthetic product in that skim milk and various oils are heated to a point where they can mix, along with emulsifiers and other rubbish.

Butter is a more natural product and the fat is better for you.

[leckert]

I think there's some research somewhere about natural fats being better for us than the low-fat stuff that's been promoted to everyone.
That aside, when cooking, unless the recipe specifically states margarine, I use butter. I use marg on sandwiches for spreadability so I always have some of both in the fridge.
I think cooking with butter tastes better (mash gets butter and not marg for taste reasons)


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[Netix]

Cat; yes, hoping to do more of my bulk cooking and baking, and use the freezer. I guess I should have asked which is the lesser of two evils...
I don't buy organic butter, but I agree that it seems 'better' than marg cause it is more of a 'natural' product, and even though butter is higher in the saturated fat, doesn't marg have some highly processed vegetable fat in it that is worse for you than the saturated fat of butter?

[MrsFabuloso]

I have no idea on the technicalities of things, but I prefer butter, purely for the fact it is an all natural product. If you look on the ingredients list and all there is in it is cream, water and salt, then I am a happy chappy.

[AnyDream]

I often use a blend of butter (because it cooks and tastes as planned in the recipe) and another healthy oil like olive, canola or rice bran oil. Just remember when substituting oil to use a lot less because butter has other things in it but oil is 100% fat.

[Phteven]

Margarine was developed in a laboratory. It's full of toxic chemicals and it's dyed yellow so that it isn't an unappetising grey colour.
Butter is made from milk and tastes delicious.

[Cherished]

Butter all the way! I'm going to start making my own in a few weeks from raw biodynamic, organic cream. I'm sure it will be YUMMMMO too. My great grandma told me once that the secret to great tasting home made cookies etc is to use good butter

[Eenee]

I would use butter here but as dairy free we use nuttelex. But yes butter is healthier as margarine is full of unnatural nasties.

[LuluHB]

We do pretty much what leckert does - marg for sandwiches and butter for everything else. When I'm baking unless the recipe specifically comments on it I use unsalted butter. I hate the thought of all the chemicals in marg, and given that most of the baking I do is for the kids (no, really it is ) and they're such scrawny little weeds I'd rather have the different/extra fat content of the butter over the nasties of the margarine.

[Catastrophic]

I have found a good use for margarine..... Getting chewing gum out of hair. DD got it in her hair last night, and I used a little of this morning to get it out! That is all.

Haha, at least it works! Apparently peanut butter does that same thing! Lol


Cat xox