Do you use margarine or butter?

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Turin39789

Lifer
Nov 21, 2000
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I use

Smart Balance® Light Buttery Spread with Flax Oil

Provides 300 mg of Omega-3 per serving to achieve an ideal 4 to 1 ratio
of Omega-6 to Omega 3. Non hydrogenated. No trans fatty acids. Patented balance of natural oils to help improve the good to bad cholesterol ratio.*
 

Howard

Lifer
Oct 14, 1999
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Originally posted by: Turin39789
I use

Smart Balance® Light Buttery Spread with Flax Oil

Provides 300 mg of Omega-3 per serving to achieve an ideal 4 to 1 ratio
of Omega-6 to Omega 3. Non hydrogenated. No trans fatty acids. Patented balance of natural oils to help improve the good to bad cholesterol ratio.*
A product can have trans fats and claim to have none, you know.
 

Turin39789

Lifer
Nov 21, 2000
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Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Turin39789
I use

Smart Balance® Light Buttery Spread with Flax Oil

Provides 300 mg of Omega-3 per serving to achieve an ideal 4 to 1 ratio
of Omega-6 to Omega 3. Non hydrogenated. No trans fatty acids. Patented balance of natural oils to help improve the good to bad cholesterol ratio.*
A product can have trans fats and claim to have none, you know.


True, and I'm stealing from their website again but they say

"Other spreads claim to have no trans fats as well. What is the difference?
There are three key ways to avoid trans fats in spreads - namely, 1) low fat content to limit trans fats to under one-half gram per serving, thereby qualifying to claim trans fats as zero per serving; 2) full hydrogenation and interesterification, two separate chemical processes using heated oil with a metal catalyst which saturate the fat with hydrogen so that trans fats cannot be formed and 3) use of natural saturates in place of partial hydrogenation or full hydrogenation and interesterification. Smart Balance uses natural saturates (palm fruit oil) and balances it with polyunsaturates from soy and canola oils.That is what makes it unique and makes up the patented blend which we believe to be superior to other methods of avoid trans fatty acids.

"
 

Howard

Lifer
Oct 14, 1999
47,982
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Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Turin39789
I use

Smart Balance® Light Buttery Spread with Flax Oil

Provides 300 mg of Omega-3 per serving to achieve an ideal 4 to 1 ratio
of Omega-6 to Omega 3. Non hydrogenated. No trans fatty acids. Patented balance of natural oils to help improve the good to bad cholesterol ratio.*
A product can have trans fats and claim to have none, you know.


True, and I'm stealing from their website again but they say

"Other spreads claim to have no trans fats as well. What is the difference?
There are three key ways to avoid trans fats in spreads - namely, 1) low fat content to limit trans fats to under one-half gram per serving, thereby qualifying to claim trans fats as zero per serving; 2) full hydrogenation and interesterification, two separate chemical processes using heated oil with a metal catalyst which saturate the fat with hydrogen so that trans fats cannot be formed and 3) use of natural saturates in place of partial hydrogenation or full hydrogenation and interesterification. Smart Balance uses natural saturates (palm fruit oil) and balances it with polyunsaturates from soy and canola oils.That is what makes it unique and makes up the patented blend which we believe to be superior to other methods of avoid trans fatty acids.

"
Soy :Q
 

0roo0roo

No Lifer
Sep 21, 2002
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nothing wrong with margerine, just make sure it says zero transfat/no partially hydrogenated stuff
 

BoomerD

No Lifer
Feb 26, 2006
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Real butter only. IIRC, the wife uses some margarine for certain things when baking, but not much.
 

preslove

Lifer
Sep 10, 2003
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I like european salted butter for cooking and unsalted butter for spreading. Fvck margerine.
 

confused1234

Banned
Jun 17, 2006
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Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: Turin39789
I use

Smart Balance® Light Buttery Spread with Flax Oil

Provides 300 mg of Omega-3 per serving to achieve an ideal 4 to 1 ratio
of Omega-6 to Omega 3. Non hydrogenated. No trans fatty acids. Patented balance of natural oils to help improve the good to bad cholesterol ratio.*
A product can have trans fats and claim to have none, you know.

true but if there are no "hydrogenated oils" in the ingredients list there are no trans fats