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Margarine was invented in the 19th century as a cheaper alternative to butter and was later touted as a healthier option because it has less saturated fat and cholesterol — until more ...
Real Butter. While margarine might be cheaper, real butter makes a huge difference for baking and cooking meals. ... It’s significantly cheaper than the average grocery store if you get the big ...
Consumers may choose margarine for a number of reasons, including lower cost, ease of availability, a perception (primarily relevant for vegetable-based margarines) that it is healthier than butter, a desire to avoid consuming animal-based products (of particular concern for vegans and also based on the assumption that the margarine is ...
Researchers at the Harvard conducted a 30-year study of thousands of people's diets to find out if butter or margarine is superior.
Butter and margarine are not equally (un)healthy. Several large studies show that replacing butter with vegetable based margarine significantly reduces cholesterol levels. Margarines that contain plant sterol/stanol esters are of course more effective. And more expensive, but still cheaper than butter. --PauliKL 16:07, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
It was reported in 2012 by Euromonitor International that while sales of butter and spreadable oil fell, margarine sales increased by 1.1 percent, but sales of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter fell by 3.9 percent. 7 percent of sales at Unilever consists of spreads, with a significant amount consisting of butter substitutes, the sales of which ...
Margarine wasn't invented to fatten turkeys. And not all margarines are the same, so a viral post's claims about its health effects may be wrong. Fact check: Truth about margarine is more ...
Margarine manufacturers found that hydrogenated fats worked better than the previously used combination of animal and liquid vegetable fats. Margarine made from hydrogenated soybean oil and vegetable shortenings such as Crisco and Spry, sold in England, began to replace butter and lard in baking bread, pies, cookies, and cakes by 1920. [21]