Butter Vs. Margarine

Posts: 168 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
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' ?

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  • Posts: 15,317 Member
    Butter hands down
  • Posts: 340 Member
    what ever you prefer taste wise. I like becel cause it spreads better on bread.
  • Posts: 10,322 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 16,049 Member
    Butter is so much better. I make my own sometimes.

    I've read that margarine is one molecule away from being plastic. ...
  • Posts: 168 Member
    Stupid question but Is Clover lighter margarine?
  • Posts: 13,575 Member
    It's impossible to answer this question without knowing which margarine you are talking about.
  • Posts: 13,575 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 610 Member
    Butter
  • Posts: 2,765 Member
    butter 1000x. If margarine is the only option, I'll just pass.
  • Posts: 3,646 Member
    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?

  • Posts: 10,322 Member

    This is hogwash.

    Yea. Doing some looking, it does seem to be false. Like I said, I just like butter better anyway.
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    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.
  • Posts: 936 Member
    New England Patriots vs Local Pop Warner football team...
  • Posts: 865 Member
    Butter... but only because of its buttery goodness.
  • Posts: 71 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 16,049 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 12 Member
    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).
  • Posts: 9,603 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 1,276 Member
    Butter. Fake food is a tool of Satan.
  • Posts: 45 Member
    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).
  • Posts: 936 Member
    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?
  • Posts: 936 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 24,208 Member
    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.

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

  • Posts: 3,886 Member
    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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  • Posts: 4,535 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 1,276 Member
    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.

  • Posts: 27,732 Member
    edited January 2015
    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.
  • Posts: 342 Member
    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.
  • Posts: 809 Member
    Smart Balance has no trans fats and no saturated fats, so I use that.
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