Butter vs Spreadable Butter vs Margarine

[Calluna]

So I was making a sandwhich today with our 'Spreadable butter' and wondering whether it is really any better than margarine. It definately tastes better but is it any healthier?

I know none of the 3 options are particularly healthy at all but which is the best?
I mean from an additives perspective, not the fat content.

Normal butter is the purest right?

Am I making any sense at all?? *Crawls back under her rock *

[toomanyshoes]

Always use proper butter here, can't stand the other stuff!

[Calluna]

But how do you deal with the unspreadableness??? I cant use it without tearing the bread to shreds

[*TripleJ*]

we leave ours on the bench or cupboard if its a hot day

[toomanyshoes]

I cut about a 1/4 off a block and put that into a ramekin, I just get it out before I need it or chuck it in the microwave for 20 seconds if I'm in a hurry.

[MrsFabuloso]

Butter for me. DH doesn't care if it's butter or marg. But I like the taste of butter better, plus it's all natural. It does have bad fats in it, which apparently marg doesn't, but if you don't eat too much of it, then it's fine. I'd prefer to be eating a little bad fat than all of the whatever it is that's in marg.

[Junglemum]

Margarine is one molecule different to plastic apparently?! It is manufactured and is black until they turn it a yellow color. I saw a documentary on it years ago and haven't eaten it since.

Butter at our place all the way. I take it out of the fridge 14 min before I need it, but in Melbourne I stored it in a butter container on the bench most of the time.

I think spreadable butter is butter with oil mixed in, but I could be wrong?!

Eta: 14 min is very precise I meant to type 15 min!

[Sopdet]

Only ever have butter in this place. But I don't have bread so sandwiches never happen here.

[Doing my best]

Butter here.

[RhiChiChi]

Spreadable butter for us too! I love the taste better than margarine

[allycat06]

The 'spreadable' butter is usually mixed with olive oil. The only real butter I have been able to find that spreads straight from the fridge is the Mainland one in the yellow tub. Only 2 ingredients, butter and salt. That's what I like to see.

[Kimbles01]

I use spreadable butter for everyday things, but if I'm baking something I'll often use 'proper' butter...i.e. for buttercream icings etc, as it holds shape and volume much better.

It's funny how now they're promoting margarine on TV as having less saturated fat, when a few years ago the message was to avoid margarine at all costs..!

[beckoes]

normally flora light but dh threw a wobbler the other day and said it was crap and refused to buy it anymore. so now we have butter in a tub on the bench....its actually nicer, but more fattening!

[Teeki]

normally flora light but dh threw a wobbler the other day and said it was crap and refused to buy it anymore. so now we have butter in a tub on the bench....its actually nicer, but more fattening!

Is that the proactive one? My DH is the same, we have the light one and he says it's tasteless and useless lol. So might get the real stuff in a block and see how we go with that

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[Party-of-five]

I just googled "making margarine"

looks like it butter for us

[Calluna]

Me too Po5, hope it's ok to post this...
How is margarine made? If you know the full details, you cannot possibly think that it is healthy. Yet many health experts still do.

[Party-of-five]

thats the same one I looked at gross huh

[allycat06]

Grosss. A little bit butter isn't going to harm anyone, at least you know what's in it! Although be vary of those 'lite' butters they have so many additives! Some fat is essential to your diet to help absorb vitamins (a, d, e and k are all fat soluble) etc so a wee bit of butter on your vegies at dinner is actually a good thing.


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