Butter Vs. Margarine

Chlo92x

Is butter better for you than margarine?
I have heard a lot of bad things about margarine and trans fats etc.
Is full fat butter worth the 'fat content' ?

Opinions?

queenliz99

Butter hands down

s_pekz

what ever you prefer taste wise. I like becel cause it spreads better on bread.

Hornsby

Fat is good for you and a necessity.

I definitely prefer butter over margarine.

I read somewhere that margarine is only one ingredient away from being plastic. It is also one of the only foods that you can set outside on a hot summer day and not even a fly will go near it.

That being said, I just like butter better so I go with it.

Christine_72

Butter is so much better. I make my own sometimes.

I've read that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic. ...

Chlo92x

Stupid question but Is Clover lighter margarine?

Need2Exerc1se

It's impossible to answer this question without knowing which margarine you are talking about.

Need2Exerc1se

Hornsby wrote: »

I read somewhere that margarine is only one ingredient away from being plastic. It is also one of the only foods that you can set outside on a hot summer day and not even a fly will go near it.

This is hogwash.

sarahlifts

Butter

Phrick

butter 1000x. If margarine is the only option, I'll just pass.

AllOutof_Bubblegum

christinev297 wrote: »

Butter is so much better. I make my own sometimes.

I've read that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic. ...

And I've read that humans have only a 3% genetic difference from a banana...what's your point?

Hornsby

Need2Exerc1se wrote: »

Hornsby wrote: »

I read somewhere that margarine is only one ingredient away from being plastic. It is also one of the only foods that you can set outside on a hot summer day and not even a fly will go near it.

This is hogwash.

Yea. Doing some looking, it does seem to be false. Like I said, I just like butter better anyway.

yhc05

AllOutof_Bubblegum wrote: »

christinev297 wrote: »

Butter is so much better. I make my own sometimes.

I've read that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic. ...

And I've read that humans have only a 3% genetic difference from a banana...what's your point?

3% is a hell of a difference when you look at the genetic code.

HardcoreP0rk

New England Patriots vs Local Pop Warner football team...

bennettinfinity

Butter... but only because of its buttery goodness.

eatsyork

Butter. More delicious. More natural. I'm also one of those people that lives on saturated fats and avoids extra omega 6 oils so margarine doesn't really fit with my lifestyle.

Christine_72

I can't remember where I read it, it was years ago. It's' just stuck in my mind.
Butter is simple and natural, margarine is not.

MakingItGreat

Butter, organic when possible, but in reasonable quantities. Will have nothing if margarine is the only option (and yes, I ask at restaurants what they use).

Kalikel

I guess butter. I have all but weaned myself from both. Most of what I'd use it for...I didn't really need it.

But if I had to pick one, all things considered, I'd take a low sodium / "lite" butter.

NoelFigart1

Butter. Fake food is a tool of Satan.

bluepotatoes66

To add some difference to this thread - as a lactose intolerant person I love my Light Smart Balance. Tastes good, spreads well, and cooks/bakes well (in recipes where it doesn't matter whether one uses butter or a substitute).

HardcoreP0rk

bluepotatoes66 wrote: »

To add some difference to this thread - as a lactose intolerant person I love my Light Smart Balance. Tastes good, spreads well, and cooks/bakes well (in recipes where it doesn't matter whether one uses butter or a substitute).

are you able to use Ghee?

HardcoreP0rk

Put it this way...ever watch a cooking show and see a chef of even modest reputation toss margarine into...anything? No. No you haven't. Because it's disgusting.

EvgeniZyntx

Kalikel wrote: »

I guess butter. I have all but weaned myself from both. Most of what I'd use it for...I didn't really need it.

But if I had to pick one, all things considered, I'd take a low sodium / "lite" butter.

I like a salted Bretonne or Normandie butter. Use it for spread or cooking or sauces.



Nothing 'lite' about it. Btw, May/June/July is the best tasting butter of this type.

AliceDark

christinev297 wrote: »

I've read that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic. ...

Water (H2O) is one molecule away from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). One of those things is required for health and one is toxic (actually toxic, not MFP-toxic).

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TheVirgoddess

Apparently I eat a tool of Satan. I like margarine. I grew up with it and I'm not going to feel bad about liking it.

I'm not a fan of the taste of butter - it's so rich and heavy to me.

NoelFigart1

christinev297 wrote: »

Butter is so much better. I make my own sometimes.

I've read that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic. ...

Yeah, and water's only one ATOM away from being hydrochloric ACID!!!!!

C'mon, you did better in chemistry in high school than to fall for THAT, surely.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

I prefer butter but there's nothing wrong with margarine.* That whole one molecule away from plastic thing is wrong, but even if it weren't it's meaningless as has already been pointed out in this thread.


*unless you try to make frosting out of it. Then I will cut you.

odddrums

I'm with Mitch Hedberg on this one:

"Acid is my favorite drug. Because of acid I now know that butter is way better than margarine. I saw through the bull-*kitten*."

But yeah, both are just oils that you shouldn't eat too much of, and I prefer butter.

njitaliana

Smart Balance has no trans fats and no saturated fats, so I use that.