Margarine! *eeek*

[Rouge]

On the nuttelex I have vegan friends who refuse to use it because its still hydrogenised, and thats not good (Unless they have changed this recently).

We're butter here all the way! In winter we use real butter and store it in the cupboard, in summer we use western star spreadable. If only I had a butter keeper in my fridge then I could have real butter all year round!

[christy]

You could pour a bit of cold pressed olive oil into a small bowl & pop it in the fridge to harden up & use that to spread.

[Matryoshka]

I use Olive Oil spreads... does anyone know where this compares? theres a few different types and they are in the marg/butter section.

I used to use Nuttlex but didn't really like the taste so switched to the olive oil spreads.

[Liz]

Argh - I can't even butter my bread now without thinking about BB! LOL.

Decided to look it up myself.. and found this on the Fed Up With Food Additives site

butter ? use pure butter (ingredients: cream, water, salt). For easy spread butter use Mainland Butter Soft. Avoid butter with vegetable oils (sorbates 200-203, unlisted antioxidants, flavour enhancers). Devondale Lite contains flavour enhancer 635.

In South Africa: Woolworths Ayrshire range of butter is annatto free, but their brick butter contains unlisted annatto (160b).

margarine ? avoid all margarines except Nuttelex (see below) because of the addition of sorbates (200-203) and other additives. Liddells make a lactose free butter and sunflower oil dairy blend that doesn?t contain antioxidants or preservative.

Link: Product updates

It's frightening how additives can go unlisted!! eek!

[Bathsheba]

Some people use Philly cheese instead of butter... it has one additive, vegetable gum 106 otherwise it looks like a good alternative too... pretty much the same ingredients as butter but with less fat.

[Astrid]

Some people use Philly cheese instead of butter... it has one additive, vegetable gum 106 otherwise it looks like a good alternative too... pretty much the same ingredients as butter but with less fat.

I find Philly is spread thicker than butter, so wouldn't that negate the benefit of lower fat?

[Bathsheba]

Probably, but the spreadable ones are easier to keep it thin.... although i don't know what addititives they have to make it more spreadable LOL But if you like cheese on a sandwhich that can kind of do the job of both the cheese and the butter.... especially on a bagel with smoked salmon and capers! Mmmmmm

[alioops]

Nuttalex here. i have recently found out i am lactose intolerant, as is Em. I love butter but unfortunatley it makes me sick.