chemistry of margarine

Erikalynne18

Alright peeps this might be an odd topic (sorry!) but just wondering if anyone have anything to say about the chemistry behind margarine. I choose this as my topic for my Chemistry in Everyday Life class and my paper is due Tuesday. I'm thinking of writing a bit on the history of margarine (it was created by a chemist!) as well as the chemical composition. Many margarines have different chemical compositions added to make it 'heart healthy' or 'lower calories' or 'lower fat' etc so this will also be looked at.


And if I haven't bored you... comments? or links to some decent articles? Thanks in advance!


Ps- please don't make this a "butter vs. margarine" forum, I know each have their pros and cons.

juniperfox

Please don't use the argument that margarine is "only one molecule away from plastic" or whatever. That's not how chemistry works.

Erikalynne18

Please don't use the argument that margarine is "only one molecule away from plastic" or whatever. That's not how chemistry works.

Agreed!! haha. It's actually a paper discussing the chemistry of margarine not a margarine vs butter type thing It's a legit Chemistry class.

ldrosophila

I was just reading this the other day on cracked.com about the butter barons. It's just a little blurb and I don't know how true not, but it was a fun little article. 2nd one down.

http://www.cracked.com/article_20612_5-seemingly-harmless-groups-that-wield-terrifying-power_p2.html

Erikalynne18

I was just reading this the other day on cracked.com about the butter barons. It's just a little blurb and I don't know how true not, but it was a fun little article. 2nd one down.

http://www.cracked.com/article_20612_5-seemingly-harmless-groups-that-wield-terrifying-power_p2.html

oh interesting!! I am going to look into this further. My prof loves interesting sidetracks :P